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Illness anxiety disorder
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Illness anxiety disorder is preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious disorder.
People are so worried that they are or might become ill that they become very distressed and have difficulty functioning.
Doctors diagnose the disorder if people continue to worry about having or getting a serious disorder after a thorough evaluation has ruled out serious disorders.
A relationship with a supportive, trusted doctor can help, as can cognitive-behavioral therapy.(See also Overview of Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders.)
Illness anxiety disorder used to be called hypochondria, but that term was abandoned because of its negative connotations.
This disorder most commonly begins during early adulthood and appears to affect men and women equally.
People may become overly anxious because they misinterpret insignificant physical symptoms or normal bodily functions (such as awareness of the heart
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