<unk>  is listed under hypochondriacal disorders by the ICD-10, which are defined by having a persistent preoccupation with the possibility of having at least one serious and progressive physical disorders.<unk>  is described as unfounded. Medical examination and reassurance is often sought, but may also be avoided. Avoidance of internal and external phobic stimuli is present. One case study describes a woman with a fear of heart disease (cardiophobia) who avoided people she thought were at risk of heart attacks and avoided food containing cholesterol. There are sometimes checking behaviors, such as examining the body for lesions that could be Kaposi’s sarcoma seen in AIDS patients or spots that could be skin cancer.
Nosophobia
Phonophobia
Thermophobia
Phagophobia
Cynophobia
Arachnophobia
Mysophobia
Neophobia