Fill in the Blanks Am I ill?Online version Activity to revise vocabulary related to health and diseases by Nuria Martos Casado 1 fingertips ill ill upset doctors tumour convinced worried diseases healthy diseases headache' health cancer obsession stomach Hypochondria isn't a new phenomenon . The word hypochondriac was first used in the late 16th century to describe a person who was continually that he or she was . In the past , hypochondriacs had to work hard to find information about the which they imagined that they had . The only sources of information were books or . Now , with the Internet at their , hypochondriacs can get all the information they need within a few seconds . Hypochondria usually starts to develop when a person is in his or her 20s or 30s , and it affects men and women equally . At first , it might just seem to be a peculiar character trait , but it can turn into an . Many people think that hypochondriacs are pretending to be and are trying to get attention , however , according to Dr Barsky , this is not true . He says that they really are that they are ill . While a normal , person may treat an upset as no more than that , ? a hypochondriac , on the other hand , might be convinced he or she has got . What for some people may be ? just a could be a possible brain for a hypochondriac . Many doctors are worried about the increase in the use of the Internet by hypochondriacs . Much of the - related information that is found on the Internet is not reliable . The problem is that hypochondriacs are not always careful about where they find their information and don't always check that it really comes from a doctor . In fact , some hypochondriacs are almost addicted to looking up on the Internet and the results are often very worrying . Dr Barsky's advice is simple . " If it's just going to make you , " he says , " don't do it . "
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