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Hypochondriasis or hypochondria is a condition in which a person is excessively and unduly worried about having a serious illness. Hypochondria is an old concept whose meaning has repeatedly changed over its lifespan. [ 1 ]
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The hypochondrium refers to the two hypochondriac regions in the upper third of the abdomen; the left hypochondrium and right hypochondrium. [1] They are located on the lateral sides of the abdominal wall respectively, inferior to (below) the thoracic cage, being separated by the epigastrium .
Hypochondriasis, a condition in which a person is excessively and unduly worried about having a serious illness. Hypochondrium , an anatomical term referring to regions in the upper third of the abdomen
Somatosensory amplification (SSA) is a tendency to perceive normal somatic and visceral sensations as being relatively intense, disturbing and noxious. It is a common feature of hypochondriasis and is commonly found with fibromyalgia, major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and alexithymia.
For many years, somatization was used in conjunction with the terms hysteria, melancholia, and hypochondriasis. [ 52 ] [ 26 ] Wilhelm Stekel , a German psychoanalyst , was the first to introduce the term somatization , while Paul Briquet was the first to characterize what is now known as somatic symptom disorder. [ 26 ]
Hodges went on to describe work by Moss-Morris and Pétrie who saw medical students' disease as "a normal perceptual process, rather than a form of hypochondriasis." Learning about a disease "creates a mental schema or representation of the illness which includes the label of the illness and the symptoms associated with the condition.