The man who was tested for HIV 100 times

Mohammed Al. Alawi; Hamed Al. Sinawi

doi:10.4103/2231-0738.167500

The man who was tested for HIV 100 times

Mohammed Al. Alawi^*, Hamed Al. Sinawi

^*Corresponding author for this work

Behavioural Medicine

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Abstract

Health anxiety disorder is a very distressing disorder both to the patients and his health care providers. This case of a man who presented with a preoccupation with having human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection that made him pay for repeated tests-approximately more than 100 times. In this case report, we describe a case of a man who presented with preoccupations with having HIV that made him pay for repeated tests more around 100 times.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	163-165
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurological Diseases
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4103/2231-0738.167500
Publication status	Published - Oct 1 2015

Keywords

Health anxiety
human immunodeficiency virus
hypochondriasis
mental health

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Clinical Neurology
Pharmacology (medical)
Nutrition and Dietetics

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