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Do hypochondriacs actually give themselves real symptoms of a disease?

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Yes: A disease or medical condition is a matter of degree of symptoms. People who suffer hypochondria over estimate the amount or degree of the symptom.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 5/29/2015

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