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Does someone with health anxiety often perceive symptoms as worse than they are? ex: slight leg pain may feel severe and make u think u have disease?

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Dr. Robert Kwok answered

Yes: That happens all the time in people with "health anxiety". Of course, such patients benefit from realizing how they are perceiving the sensations or feelings from all over their bodies, and then adjusting their perceptions to a more realistic type of perception.

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Answered 8/25/2016

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A member asked:

Does someone with health anxiety often perceive symptoms as worse than they are? ex: slight leg pain may feel severe and make u think u have disease?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Robert Kwok answered

Dr Seif and 2 doctors agreed

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