Let’s invent a new disease. We will give it the name Modern Syndrome Hypochondria (MSH). What are the symptoms? Confusing and fussy scare of disease, fascination of new diseases, the urge to toss money on expensive treatments, etc. Risk factors: life and lack of real threats that give us pause. It was easy, was not it?
Nocebo effect
It’s the half brother and worst of the placebo effect. A placebo makes you feel better because it you helps to believe that you will recover. But nocebo effect makes them ill people who are concerned about their health. For example, in a nocebo experiment, researchers found that women who think they are prone to heart disease face a four times greater risk of death than those who have similar risk factors who do not share similar fatalistic ideas.
Hospital, the worst place to be ill
One of the biggest dangers of being hypochondriac is that sooner or later a doctor will sincerely believe that you have a real physical pain. In this case, he will send you to the hospital for detailed examination and perhaps even for surgery. But beware, there are some doctors that make mistakes. Between 44,000 and 98,000 patient deaths per year could be avoided. This means that in America, because of errors committed by doctors, die unnecessarily up to 268 people per day.
The dangers of prescription medication
Not only doctors make mistakes. Prescription medications cause are enough victims. In Australia, approximately 6% of people hospitalized and 800 deaths per year are caused by people taking the wrong medication. We are always concerned that young people have access to drugs, but rarely disturbs us that we tell confused patients to go home with vials containing deadly chemicals.
Sharon Stone Syndrome
Do not try to get in shape overnight if you are over 40 years. Researchers at Ohio State University say there was a massive increase in cardiac crisis among middle-aged. Scientists say that thousands of people over 40 are killed doing exercise in trying to regain their youthful muscle tone. Clinical studies show that hypochondria can kill, and excited people are more likely to get sick from cancer and Alzheimer’s.
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