'I'm convinced every lump or ache is Covid or cancer': the rise of health anxiety in young people
Vanese Madix has struggled with anxiety in lockdown Vanese Madix has contacted her GP over 50 times since the beginning of the pandemic and lives in constant fear she has a life-threatening illness. “I’ve called about a sore rash on my back, an ongoing condition I have with a stuffy nose that makes it difficult to breathe and I even asked for a blood test once because I was feeling weak and tired and couldn’t understand why,” says the 25-year-old writer from East London. “Every tickle...
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