you watch a tv show or news article about a certain disease or symptom, and you swear you think you have it?
2006-10-04 14:31:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
It is called Hypochondria. The fear that you have something wrong with you. and is most often brought on by reading about something or watching something on TV that brings it on. Very common condition.
2006-10-04 14:34:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It would be funny if it wasn't so sad. I have extreme hypochondria. It causes a whole host of arguments between me and others when I try to explain my symptoms to them and what I fear they might mean and I worry sick over dying of some illness. As soon as I get a negative test (CT, ultrasound, xray - you name it) I'm on to the next possible condition and/or I just don't believe the doctor or the results. Trust me, it's not fun, but there are some light-hearted moments when my sympathetic doctor patiently listens to my outlandish fears. Just the other day, I was getting a breast exam (I have pain and tingling) and, while trying to explain the lower abdominal/back pain I've also been having, I told him I also had such a sharp pain in my inner thigh that made me think I had a blood clot. He kept a straight face that time, but, seriously, I've seen him almost lose it before when I was telling him I thought I might have colon cancer and he was trying to explain how to give fecal samples for the hemoccult test. Hilarious. If I wasn't SO concerned about my health CONSTANTLY, it would be incredibly funny because nothing really resolves the crazy ideas.
2006-10-04 22:55:33 · answer #2 · answered by swirlygirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i felt like that from about the age of 8 and on...come to find out, it wasn't all in my head! I had hepatitis C which caused many many different illnesses and symptoms!
2006-10-05 14:29:41 · answer #3 · answered by giggling.willow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Medical students get it all the time as they are learning about all illnesses—"disease of the week".
2006-10-04 22:14:18 · answer #4 · answered by DrB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes all the time
2006-10-05 17:57:16 · answer #5 · answered by remember522005 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha yes all the time. we just learned about this in health class. it's called "hypochondria" when you make up an illness in your head and you don't really have it.
2006-10-04 21:34:03 · answer #6 · answered by Charlie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YEA IVE FELT LIKE THAT B4 THAT'S Y ITS BEST TO GO SEE A DOCTOR FOR THE TRUTH. JUST A ROUTINE CHECK UP HERE AND THERE
2006-10-05 09:29:30 · answer #7 · answered by Latisha_singer4life 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the time every symptom
2006-10-05 00:18:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋