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Can anxiety and "stress cause symtoms of disease or infection that your are obsessing over?
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Anxiety: The simple answer is YES! Please have your primary doctor refer you to a Psychologist!
Answered 6/1/2015
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No: "Obsessing" over disease can cause problems, but it is unlikely that you are thinking of those problems. Since you mention "disease or infection" your "obsessing" over them won't cause them.
Answered 6/7/2015
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