worried well
noun[plural]
uk/ˌwʌr.id ˈwel/us/ˌwɝː.id ˈwel/peoplewho arehealthybutseeadoctorbecause theythinkthat they may have adiseaseormedicalproblem:
疑病症；焦虑身体状况的健康人Too muchmoneyisspenttreatingtheworriedwellratherthanpeoplewho areactuallysick.太多的钱花在治疗焦虑自己身体状况的健康人身上，而不是真正的病人。
Nearly 500peoplediedof thediseaseand more than 6,600 were "worriedwell",concernedthat they, too, wereinfected.近500人死于这种疾病，6600多人“毫无必要地怀疑”自己也感染了这种病。
- Privatehealthclinicsshouldimmediatelystopofferingwholebodyscansto the "worriedwell", because theycarrytoo high aradiationrisk.
- Afast-tracksystemforurgentsuspectedcasesofbreastcanceris beingoverwhelmedby theworriedwell.
- Thesystemneedsto beabletohandlemasscasualties, as well as theworriedwell, thosepeoplewhothinkthey have beenexposedtochemicalagents.
- Thearchitectsof theNHSdid notforeseethesurgeinvisitstoGPs, thelegionsofworriedwell.
Disease & illness - general words
- acute
- aggressiveness
- autoimmune disease
- bilharzia
- bluetongue
- calculus
- CFS
- hypochondriac
- iatrogenic
- ill health
- impairment
- incurably
- outbreak
- pathology
- pathway
- terminally
- uncomplicated
- variant
- zoonosis
- zoonotic