Fatahi Ronak, Khooshab Mohammad Sadegh, Sadatakhavi Seyede Fatemeh, Ziyaei Amin, Bidaki Reza
School of Medicine Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran.
Student Research Committee Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Yazd Iran.
Clin Case Rep. 2025 Sep 26;13(10):e70973. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.70973. eCollection 2025 Oct.
Illness anxiety disorder (IAD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by excessive fear and anxiety about developing a serious illness. Individuals with IAD constantly search for signs of serious illness, despite negative test results. This case report presents a patient with IAD who was concerned about developing Parkinson's disease. A 37-year-old married woman was worried about developing Parkinson's disease. Same as her mother, she had an anxious personality, albeit there was no history related to Parkinson's disease in her family, and all physical examinations were normal, but she exhibited a hand tremor. After the second pregnancy, she experienced depression, and after her father's death, the situation got worse. There are rare cases of illness anxiety disorder (IAD) related to other neurodegenerative disorders like multiple sclerosis in the literature review, but we believe this is one of the first and very rare reports regarding a patient with illness anxiety disorder who believes in involving Parkinson's disease, and it progresses. We are of the opinion that treatment for this disorder can be more useful to eliminate overvalued ideation and treat the patient.
疾病焦虑障碍（IAD）是一种精神疾病，其特征是对患上严重疾病过度恐惧和焦虑。患有IAD的个体不断寻找严重疾病的迹象，尽管检测结果为阴性。本病例报告介绍了一名患有IAD且担心患上帕金森病的患者。一名37岁的已婚女性担心患上帕金森病。和她母亲一样，她性格焦虑，尽管她的家族中没有与帕金森病相关的病史，并且所有体格检查均正常，但她出现了手部震颤。第二次怀孕后，她患上了抑郁症，父亲去世后，情况变得更糟。在文献综述中，与其他神经退行性疾病如多发性硬化症相关的疾病焦虑障碍（IAD）病例罕见，但我们认为这是关于一名相信自己患有帕金森病且病情进展的疾病焦虑障碍患者的首批且非常罕见的报告之一。我们认为，针对这种疾病的治疗对于消除过度观念和治疗患者可能更有用。
