A person who is preoccupied with every sensation of her body, worries excessively about getting ill, and continuously goes to doctors who never find anything physically wrong with her is likely to be diagnosed with ________.

Respuesta :

Answer: Hypochondriasis

Explanation:

Hypochondriasis is a mental disorder in, which people strongly believe that they are suffering from a life-threatening disease or illness even though no or very mild symptoms of the disease are present.  

The symptoms of hypochondriasis include:  

1. Excess worry about a serious illness.

2. Physical symptoms are not present and if present is mild.

3. A person suffers from a high level of anxiety.

4. Tendency to care for own self increases through repeated checking of the body signs and symptoms.  

Based on the above description, the person may be worried about getting ill and continuous visits to the doctors in case of hypochondriasis even though no symptoms are present.