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	Hypochondria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hypochondria (or hypochondriasis, sometimes referred to as health anxiety or health phobia) is a somatoform disorder in which one has the unfounded belief that one is suffering from a serious illness.
		Hypochondria is often characterized by irrational fears of being diseased/dying, obsessions over minor bodily symptoms or imperfections, doubt and disbelief in doctors' diagnosis, constant self-examination and self-diagnosis and preoccupation with one's body.
		One trap to be avoided is portraying hypochondria itself as a physiological disease, which may aggravate the situation by confirming the hypochondriac's belief that he or she is in fact ill.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hypochondria (471 words)

	What is Hypochondria? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		People with hypochondria are obsessed with bodily functions and interpret normal sensations (such as heart beats, sweating, and bowel movements) or minor abnormalities (such as a runny nose, a small sore, or slightly swollen lymph nodes) as symptoms of serious medical conditions.
		Hypochondria usually begins in early adulthood, and symptoms may develop following a serious illness in the patient or a loved one, or after the death of a close friend or relative.
		Most people with hypochondria are not eager to see a mental-health professional and do not want to be told they have a mental disorder, but their concerns may be addressed by a team of medical and mental-health professionals working together in consultation.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=9983 (1569 words)

	Hypochondria
		Hypochondria is as common in men as in women, and can be found in all age groups and social classes.
		However, the patient with hypochondria can realize that he has anxiety, and not a serious physical disease, and gradually reduce his anxiety.
		When hypochondria begins in conjunction with a major life event (for instance, your are 40 years old and somebody close to you dies) treatment takes shorter time than if you have always been cautions, anxious and afraid of physical disease.
	www.amychaves.bizland.com /articles/hypochondria.htm (1087 words)

	The Hypochondria Webpage
		Hypochondria is also nowadays referred to as hypochondriasis, somatoform disorder, and somatization disorder, and since the advent of the internet, with people surfing the web for health information, it has also been called cyberchondria.
		The word hypochondria is derived from the ancient Greek terms hypo, which means below, and chondros, which means cartilage, and it refers to a set of symptoms which were thought to have been caused by a disorder of the anatomical organs beneath the cartilages of the ribs.
		The cause of hypochondria had remained a mystery until the publication of an essay entitled "The Matter Of Framework" in 1980.This essay proposed that poor posture strained the spine and compressed the chest and abdomen to cause a multitude of varied and alternating symptoms.
	ftp.newave.net.au /~posture/HypochondriaWebpage.html (3302 words)

	About Hypochondria (Symptoms, Treatments, etc)
		Hypochondria (sometimes hypochondriasis) is the unfounded belief that one is suffering from a serious illness.
		Hypochondria is often associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety.
		Hypochondria was originally a term used for unidentifiable stomach pains that were a common concern in the ancient world.
	www.anxietyzone.com /index.php/topic,31.0.html (256 words)

	Prevent Disease.com - Experts Say Hypochondria Is Real
		Hypochondria is often the brunt of many jokes, but experts say it is a real and treatable disorder.
		A person who suffers from hypochondriasis believes that his or her physical symptoms, either real or imagined, are signs of a much more serious illness, despite medical reassurance that they are not.
		According to experts, the prevalence of hypochondria ranges from 4 percent to 7 percent in the general population, affecting both men and women equally.
	preventdisease.com /news/articles/hypochondria_is_real.shtml (640 words)

	Hypochondria: worried sick
		Hypochondria is one of the "somatoform disorders," which also include conversion disorder (loss of physical function such as blindness without physical explanation), somatization disorder (a recurring series of physical complaints without physical explanation), and psychogenic pain disorder (pain without a physical basis).
		Hypochondria, however, is not limited to these seemingly baseless bouts of worry.
		In real hypochondria, people suffer from fears and preoccupations of an intensity and for a length of time that disrupt their lives and that aren't quelled by even the most exhaustive medical tests.
	healthqa.stbernards.info /html_healthgate/html/0_142/14214.php (1752 words)

	Hypochondria - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Hypochondria, traditional term for a morbid condition characterized by the simulation of the symptoms of any of several diseases.
		Anxiety: Hypochondria torments us not only…, Hypochondria: Dear Doctor (said he one…, Hypochondria: He destroys his health by…, Hypochondria:...
		Hypochondria torments us not only with causeless irritation with the things of the present; not only with groundless anxiety on the score of future...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Hypochondria.html (121 words)

	USATODAY.com - Promising treatment said to be found for hypochondria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Hypochondria involves persistent, unfounded fears about having a serious disease and affects about 5% of patients who seek help from primary-care doctors.
		Hypochondria is notoriously hard to treat, in part because patients often "doctor-shop," or switch doctors repeatedly until they get tests or a diagnosis they can accept.
		Scientists are uncertain about what causes hypochondria, but some think it might be genetic or learned from parents who overreact to illness.
	www.usatoday.com /news/health/2004-03-23-hypochondria_x.htm (655 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Hypochondria
		A person suffering from hypochondria is preoccupied with physical health and has an unrealistic fear of serious disease well out of proportion to the actual risk.
		There is no specific cause of hypochondria, and it occurs in men and women with equal frequency.
		There is a possibility that a real disease may be overlooked in people with hypochondria because their previous complaints were unfounded.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/001236.htm (490 words)

	* Hypochondria
		Often patients with hypochondria have beliefs like: It is normal to feel completely well all the time - A physical symptom is a sign that something serious is wrong in my body - You can be 100% sure that you are completely well - Doctors often misdiagnose cancer.
		The program includes home work assignments which might be behavioral (less checking of the body, activation etc.) or cognitive work (registration of situations, thoughts, feelings and behavior).
		There is an increased interest in hypochondria in the medical community as well as in media (Wall Street Journal).
	www.uib.no /med/avd/med_a/gastro/wilhelms/hypochon.html (710 words)

	The New Yorker: Fact
		It wasn’t until the nineteenth century that hypochondria came to be narrowly defined as an excessive fear of illness.
		Fallon has reconceived hypochondria as a heterogeneous disorder: some sufferers are indeed obsessive-compulsives, whereas others are experiencing a prolonged reaction to a traumatic event, like the death of a loved one.
		Barsky says that this effect is common in clinical trials: sometimes the mere act of participating in a clinical trial—that is, receiving a diagnosis from an authoritative figure and being assessed by trained professionals—can have a positive effect on a patient’s disorder.
	newyorker.com /fact/content/?030811fa_fact (5189 words)

	Hypochondria \| AHealthyMe.com
		About 1 to 5 percent of the population suffers from hypochondria, and the disorder is believed to strike men and women equally.
		When asked how she'd managed to overcome hypochondria, her reply was brief and to the point: Prozac and the hypochondria support board.
		Given the social stigma often associated with hypochondria, it's no surprise that sufferers find the Web a liberating forum: "Evidently the Internet offers a masking of sorts, and people are more willing to admit to weaknesses," she says.
	www.ahealthyme.com /topic/hypochondria (2640 words)

	The Infinite Mind: Hypochondria
		People with hypochondria really feel the stiffness or pain or weakness they describe, and they truly believe they are dying.
		At one end of the spectrum, some hypochondria does look a lot like OCD (in these cases, people may know there physical symptoms are probably minor, but they remain obsessed with getting a diagnosis).
		She says in the early 1800s, a French physician was the first to classify hypochondria as a mental disorder, which gave it a pejorative connotation.
	www.lcmedia.com /mind351.htm (1379 words)

	Symptoms of hypochondria page
		Although there are a vast number of symptoms in hypochondria there are a few main ones which include persistent ready fatigueability, upper abdominal pain, occasional stabbing and sometimes cramping pains in either or both the lower left and right sides of the chest, and palpitations.
		One of the main reasons that poor posture causes a multitude of symptoms is because the postural pressure tends to push many of the internal organs out of shape and position, which gives them a tendency to malfunction.
		If a person has a stooped physique and has a deep chest and a forward angled breast bone their internal anatomy is protected from the pressure of leaning forward whereas the person with a shallow chest and a vertical breastbone would more readily compress their internal anatomy when they lean forward.
	users.chariot.net.au /~posture/TheHypochondriaSymptoms.html (1433 words)

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		Hypochondria, a condition where a person is preoccupied with thoughts of having a serious disease, affects approximately 5 percent of patients who seek help from primary-care doctors.
		Some doctors have claimed hypochondria is linked to genetics, while others have suggested it is a learned behavior from patients who have a tendency to overreact to illnesses.
		There are many reasons why hypochondria can develop, but I suspect it stems from holding onto pent up negative feelings or not dealing with traumatic issues from the past.
	www.mercola.com /2004/apr/10/hypochondria.htm (653 words)

	Hypochondria: Health Topics: University of Iowa Health Care
		Hypochondria is the name most people call a disorder really known as hypochondriasis.
		When a person claims that they are sick and we do not believe it, we may say that they have hypochondria.
		A hypochondriac, or someone with hypochondriasis, is very afraid that they may get a serious disease or that they already have one.
	www.uihealthcare.com /topics/mentalemotionalhealth/ment3149.html (344 words)

	Hypochondria - Symptoms, Books, Info and Help
		The mood disorder commonly known as hypochondria is also called hypochondriasis or health anxiety.
		Hypochondria is experienced by both men and women of all races and age groups.
		Hypochondria may be highly related to Somatization Disorder, a chronic condition marked by physical complaints which cannot be attributed to any disease.
	www.4degreez.com /disorder/hypochondria.html (333 words)

	Overcome Hypochondria Hypnosis Script \| Hypnosis Downloads.com
		Hypochondria is often the butt of jokes, but it is no joke to live with.
		The pre-talk is laden with embedded suggestions and slides easily into a gentle induction built around a truce between the body which can care for itself and the imagination which is running away with worry.
		The protective role of the imagination expressed in hypochondria is reframed and the right and proper concern of the individual for their own well-being is pointed in a new - and healthy - direction.
	www.hypnosisdownloads.com /scripts/hypnotherapy/hypochondria.html?1184 (355 words)

	Medical Dictionary: Hypochondria - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Hypochondria (medical condition): A hypochondriac is a person with a serious fear of having a serious medical condition.
		Hypochondria: Another name for Hypochondriasis (or close medical condition association).
		Hypochondria: Hypochondria is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Mental illness, Somatoform Disorders
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /medical/hypochondria.htm (227 words)

	Internet Makes Hypochondria Worse
		Barsky and Fallon say hypochondria often breeds suspicion and distrust between a sufferer and his or her physician.
		Some doctors may be too quick to dismiss the worries of hypochondriacs, and hypochondriacs are likely to ruin relationships with good physicians by second-guessing them from the start.
		Treating hypochondria, once believed to be almost impossible to cure, has improved a lot in the last decade.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/50/40407.htm (897 words)

	Overcome Hypochondria (Fear of Illness) \| Hypnosis Downloads.com
		Hypochondria sufferers usually assume the worst, with the resulting feelings of anxiety and even panic.
		This is why an effective cure for hypochondria has to go about things differently.
		The breakthrough usually comes when people are able to ‘step out’ of the thoughts that create the anxiety, and in turn, the focus on symptoms subsides, usually very quickly.
	www.hypnosisdownloads.com /downloads/hypnotherapy/hypochondria.html?276 (262 words)

	Links to sites about anxiety in general and health anxiety in particular.
		This is a short article about hypochondria symptoms, treatments and recovery.
		An audience member says that he is worried doctors will think his anxiety disorder was a form of hypochondria.
		Hypochondria is actually a form of anxiety disorder, not the other way around.
	www.homestead.com /healthanxiety/links.html (706 words)

	Hypochondria
		Hypochondria is a belief that real or imagined physical symptoms are signs of a serious illness, despite medical reassurance and other evidence to the contrary.
		The person with hypochondria feels real distress, so the symptoms should not be denied or challenged by others.
		Frequent appointments with health care providers are typical, and time from work may be lost.
	www.pennhealth.com /ency/article/001236.htm (438 words)

	TheSpoof.com : Hypochondria Linked To Cancer - Study funny satire story
		Since the report was published 3 days ago, physicians have reported an abnormally high incidence of hypochondriacs visiting their surgeries to have what they describe as the "flimsiest of cancer fears" checked out.
		Several Hypochondria therapy groups have been established (including Hypochondriacs Anonymous) to help sufferers overcome their irrational fears over their mortality, but also to help them come to terms with the fact that these same mortal fears are probably going to be realised sooner rather than later.
		They added however that the user will have to continue consuming the drug for the rest of their lives in order to sustain their new found devil-may-care attitude towards their physical well-being.
	www.thespoof.com /news/spoof.cfm?headline=s5i10560 (1030 words)

	UMHS - Hypochondria
		You should speak to your physician or make an appointment to be seen if you have questions or concerns about this information or your medical condition.
		People who have hypochondria are preoccupied with imagined symptoms and physical complaints.
		They fear or believe they have a major disease, even though they may be reassured repeatedly that they are healthy.
	www.med.umich.edu /1libr/aha/umhypo.htm (200 words)

	Hypochondria \| Vhi Healthcare
		This was her first brush with hypochondria, a psychological condition she has battled ever since.
		Although the possibilities for satire are obvious, the medical community has been slow to understand what makes a hypochondriac tick.
		Some conditions tend to overlap with hypochondria, further muddying the diagnostic waters, according to Bourgeois.
	www2.vhihealthe.com /topic/hypochondria (2602 words)

	The Hypochondriac.com
		In the hypochondria forum, guests and members offer suggestions and support for each other.
		Also, the forum provides the opportunity to create and maintain your very own hypochondria journal, which studies suggest is one of the best methods for treating hypochondriasis.
		Our goal is make TheHypochondriac.com the Internet's #1 source for information and support on hypochondriasis (hypochondria) and related diseases.
	www.thehypochondriac.com (212 words)

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