Illness anxiety disorder, also known as hypochondria or hypochondriasis, is a chronic psychiatric condition in which a person without medical symptoms is preoccupied with worry about having or being at risk for getting sick or developing a serious medical illness. The condition typically emerges in early and middle adulthood, and appears to affect men and women equally. Individuals with illness anxiety may or may not have a diagnosed medical condition, but typically no serious disease is pres...
