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The Hypochondriac's Handbook

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This book is a wonderful way to torture anyone who has ever thought twice about touching that doorknob. Lots of fun and chilling information about the germs, microbes, and other agents of death that are everywhere around us, invading us insidiously, hastening disease. Do not read this book on the toilet, for example. Written with humor and a sly sadism, this is a user-friendly manual that, if studied and heeded, could add years to your life, provided you spend them in a plastic bubble. A perfect stocking-stuffer for anyone who thinks it's safe to shake hands--and for those who know that it isn't.

I bought this as a gift for a good friend who always thinks she has some illness and worries about getting every illness. The book is hilarious and I found myself staying up to read it before I gave it to her. It has assorted funny facts that will gross you out about bacteria on toilets, showers, etc. and allkinds of things you can worry about. My friend loved it and i though it was so funny I bought another copy for myself. I really recommend it, it is filled with facts, there are 2-3 on every page.

This book is a fun little trivia book that you can breeze through in a couple of hours. It lists various unlikely things in the environment that can potentially cause illness. I would like to see something that fleshes the entries out a bit more though. A bit more about these odd dangers and what to do about them would be more interesting.

If this is a gag gift, go for it, but if this is meant to go to a full blown hypochondriac, forget about it. It will worry them too much, instead of giving them fear stories, you should give them positive stories. The whole web and books are filled with ways to scare a person. Send them to [...] a site which promotes positive stories.

Cheers.

I am a big fan of random trivia, and this book is perfect for those who love random trivia, with a more medical perspective. While it might make you think twice about how often you wash your hands, its written in a simple but fun fact filled way, so you enjoy it thoroughly

We don't need to know how many dust mites are in our food or how many infectious bacteria entering the air every time someone sneezes. What I had hoped to get in this book is a story of how to help these people. My husband has a daughter who is a severe hypochondriac, and we worry about her. She is ill every week, and has been on more medication at age 17 that I am surprised she is alive. Hypochondria is a serious illness, and I hope I can find some book somewhere that can help me with this.