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Herbie has been to six doctors and six doctors told him that he does not have colon cancer herbie is sure that he does have it and he does not believe the doctors he has told the doctors that they are not ordering the correct dignostic test for him herbie is showing signs of which disorder

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Hypochondrias disorder.
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The right answer is Hypochondria.

Hypochondria (or hypochondriac disorder) is a syndrome characterized by excessive and overwhelming fear and anxiety about the health and functioning of an individual's body. An obsessive listening to his body causes the hypochondriac to interpret the slightest observation as a sign of serious illness.

The hypochondriac subject lives in fear or the idea of having a serious illness. He is persuaded to possess signs or symptoms allegedly undetectable by doctors.

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