health anxiety
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈhelθ æŋˌzaɪ.ə.ti/ us/ˈhelθ æŋˌzaɪ.ə.t̬i/
对健康焦虑
a state in which a person worries a lot about their health without having a good reason to do so
If you are inclined towards health anxiety, researching symptoms on the Internet can fuel your fears. 如果你倾向于对健康焦虑的话，在网上搜索症状可能会让你更加害怕。
Parents pass health anxieties on to their children, researchers claim. 研究者称父母会把对健康的焦虑传给下一代。
Compare: hypochondria
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- She admits she has signs of health anxiety, and will read anything about medical issues that she can get her hands on.
- Studies suggest that health anxiety may affect up to 12 percent of the population.
- Ironically, in many cases, health anxiety develops into an illness in its own right for which treatment may be prescribed.
- Mild health anxiety is very common. Many of us have concerns about unexplained symptoms at one time or another.
- These patients feature in a TV documentary on health anxieties called "Hypchondriacs: I Told You I was Ill."