Hypochondria: if you are sure you have cancer, but the doctor finds nothing

Four out of a hundred people suffer from hypochondria, or fear of disease. They think they feel something and know for sure that they have cancer. Or heart failure. The fear of having or getting a serious disease is so great that there are actually physical complaints, such as hyperventilation, heart palpitations or fainting. Two experts explain. “Often you have no complaints, but you think you feel something.”

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