Illness Anxiety Disorder, Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment.

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction
0:52 Symptoms of Illness Anxiety disorder
2:07 Causes of Illness Anxiety disorder
3:06 Diagnosis of Illness Anxiety disorder
3:37 Treatment of Illness Anxiety disorder

Hypochondriasis or hypochondria is a condition in which a person is excessively and unduly worried about having a serious illness. An old concept, the meaning of hypochondria has repeatedly changed.[1] It has been claimed that this debilitating condition results from an inaccurate perception of the condition of body or mind despite the absence of an actual medical diagnosis.[2] An individual with hypochondriasis is known as a hypochondriac. Hypochondriacs become unduly alarmed about any physical or psychological symptoms they detect, no matter how minor the symptom may be, and are convinced that they have, or are about to be diagnosed with, a serious illness.[3]

Often, hypochondria persists even after a physician has evaluated a person and reassured them that their concerns about symptoms do not have an underlying medical basis or, if there is a medical illness, their concerns are far in excess of what is appropriate for the level of disease. It is also referred to hypochondriaism which is the act of being in a hypochondriatic state, acute hypochondriaism.[4] Many hypochondriacs focus on a particular symptom as the catalyst of their worrying, such as gastro-intestinal problems, palpitations, or muscle fatigue. To qualify for the diagnosis of hypochondria the symptoms must have been experienced for at least 6 months.[5]

International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) classifies hypochondriasis as a mental and behavioral disorder. [6] In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-IV-TR defined the disorder, "Hypochondriasis", as a somatoform disorder[7] and one study has shown it to affect about 3% of the visitors to primary care settings.[8] The 2013 DSM-5 replaced the diagnosis of hypochondriasis with the diagnoses of somatic symptom disorder (75%) and illness anxiety disorder (25%).[9][10]

[kakepp]

I’ve been having the worst health anxiety of my life, and the effects of it the past 3 days have made it worse. I didn’t eat, drink, never got out of bed. Caused constipation. And now THAT’S scaring me. It’s a never ending cycle.

[Vampireebites]

Me thinking I have cancer every second:

[ANXIETYS_BIG_YAWN_OFFICIAL]

worrying you have an extremely rare but extremely deadly disease to tears that you know you might be at risk for and always being yelled at whenever you decide to ask relatives about symptoms bc you worry so much about your health is so much fun🥰🥰🥰
/obvioussarcasm

edit: Im doing much better now. It’s okay to worry about your health, but once it becomes excessive and once you enter mental breakdowns over it frequently, it’s time to get some help. Just a reminder! You’re okay. You’re going to be okay. You have a long, long life ahead of you, the dead end won’t be there for a long time. But if you experience _actually_ worrisome symptoms, consult a doctor! :)

[Minna]

I’ve had health anxiey all my life, but at 26 I suddenly started having extrasystoles (PVC and PAC) and other palpitations every single day. That along with a bunch of sudden health scares, in both me and my loved ones, triggered my health anxiety horribly. Sometimes my heart will skip/flutter back to back, and throw many PVC/PAC every minute. It made my health anxiety spiral completely out of control, and now 3 years later I’m still in fight/flight - I live in constant fear of my heart and every other sensation and thought in my body. Which have also given me panic disorder, general anxiety, stress and depression. I feel so miserable and really wants to get better, so I can see a future for myself - like other people my age are building, and not just sit in my room waiting to die and cry over all my dreams passing by, all the time wasted. How much I miss my old self, peace in body/mind and happiness. 😢

[YUAN]

Thanks I badly need this right now .
I'm currently experiencing this and I don't know what to do. But after watching I calmed a bit

[rizaraymundo]

Stop searching your symptoms in google cause it will only ruin your mind...just try to meditate or distract your self...or try to play something silly or try to watch something funny or talk to your friend or you can talk to people on other websites

[tophlovr]

Trying to help my coworker who is constantly feeling like they have a serious illness. Hopeing I can help him feel better about simply being alive.

[sabahassi]

I currently have headaches and I can't seem to focus on anything except that I mighy have a tumor in my brain 😃 I am trying to stop

[myittlesnow]

Thank you so much for this video, I definitely feel a lot more calmed after watching this! I've also realized how google could completely ruin your mental health and well-being. So, my advice is that if you think you have a serious illness or disease, just visit a doctor, do not make a conclusion through google.

[perrybutter]

Thank you so much google almost ruined my life thanks to u here

[レッド-ci]

Prolonged remote work triggered my health anxiety. Remote work hindered smooth communication, and this situation made me focus on my minor symptoms.

[SatumainenOlento]

And then you relax about your symptoms and they do not go away. Then you go to your doctor, but as he has already seen you and diagnosed you with a health anxiety, you are not taken seriously. And then you have REAL reasons to worry about, because where to get help for your real symptoms. Damn, this is happening with so many autoimmune diseases.

[azukarzuchastux]

John 3:15
King James Version
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

[maguifreitas]

Does anyone experienced tingling hands and feet for days because of the anxiety???

[maiseygrant]

currently experiencing this except what if my health anxiety has been so much more worse recently because something is actually wrong? what if my brain is right? currently wanting to google symptoms for brain cancer however i can’t actually do that bc what if i find that it sounds exactly like what i’m experiencing? i won’t deal well with that at all.

[roselynnsmith]

this video I am interested will help me Experience areas anxiety disorder cause signs and symptoms Diagnosis and treatment

[nathanduff]

Im 15 and Im worried about having a brain tumour. And got diagnosed with hypochondria

[hamzaehvlogs]

Iam having symptoms of gastrtis my each and every report is clear i have visited around 10 to 12 doctor and each doctor said me that tou dont have ha serious condition but after talking to so many doctors iam not satisfied i google every little symptom that i face and google tell me that you have a serious condition but each and every doctor tell me that nothing to worry about you will get wellafter taking medicine but still my mind told me that you will not get well my doctor refer me to phycatrist and phyysco therapiat

[anuragsrivastav]

Everybody is discussing about problem, nobody is discussing

[jackg]

I just cry at night thinking about things worrying over things I think I have and my family have worrying non stop from one thing to another constant horribe