The "worried well" are everywhere: an estimated one in four GP appointments is now taken up by someone who has absolutely nothing wrong with them.
“疑病癥”患者真是無處不在:據估計,普通門診預約中有四分之一是被身體毫無異樣的人占據的。
The term “worried well” generally refers to people who are healthy, but fear becoming ill and take medication they don’t actually need to try to prevent it. In other words, they do not actually have the disease.
“疑病癥”統指那些身體本身很健康,但是總擔心得病,所以時常服用一些藥物防病的人。也就是說,他們其實根本就沒病。
For example:
The worried well are using up all the flu vaccines.
那些“疑病癥”患者都把流感疫苗給用完了。