Health Anxiety Or Real Symptoms
Constantly worrying about your health 2.
Health anxiety or real symptoms. Symptoms of illness anxiety disorder involve preoccupation with the idea that you re seriously ill based on normal body sensations such as a noisy stomach or minor signs such as a minor rash. Being preoccupied with having or getting a serious disease or health condition. Other symptoms of general anxiety or a panic attack like chest pain a racing heart and dizziness are usually short lived and often alleviate after 15 to 20 minutes says gail saltz m d an.
This condition is marked by a. It s also called illness anxiety and was formerly called hypochondria. Health anxiety is an obsessive and irrational worry about having a serious medical condition.