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Is there a medical term for having symptoms because you hear about them? such things have taken place in house md (i know this doesn't make it true)(season 3 episde 18 i believe. airborne) and in don delillo's white noise (his family and the airborn toxic

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

In : In psychiatry this is referred to as the "power of suggestion". Some people are very suggestible and others are not. Hypnosis uses power of suggestion. Placebos may also help a person feel better for the same reason.

Answered 10/3/2016

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