You may wonder if your stomachache is a sign of a more serious condition. It's normal to be worried about your health from time to time. Not all health worries indicate health anxietyīeing concerned about your health is not the same as health anxiety. Unlike other anxiety disorders that are more prevalent in women, health anxiety appears to affect men and women equally. But experts believe it may be underreported and that the percentage could be closer to 12% - or even twice that, says Dr. Health anxiety is a relatively common condition, known to affect some 4% to 5% of people. "Some people also worry excessively about their children's health," he says. But it's not only their own health that people with health anxiety may focus on. It might lead them to seek out unnecessary testing, to waste hours in the doctor's office, and to spend days consumed by worry. This fear that they have a serious illness can interfere with their daily life. Timothy Scarella, instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. They worry far less about strep throat, twisting their ankle, or getting a cold," says Dr. "People with health anxiety for the most part tend to fear severe illness, such as HIV, cancer, or dementia. Health anxiety is a condition that causes healthy people to worry that they are sick - even when they have no symptoms, or minor symptoms like a scratchy throat. If this sounds like you or a loved one, it may be health anxiety. In the back of your mind you still feel like something is wrong. And even when medical tests come back showing that you're healthy, it doesn't make you feel better. When you get a scratchy throat you automatically think cancer - not a cold.
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Health anxiety can interfere with your life, but it's highly treatable.
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