Question 4 • 2026-2027 EDGE Human Anatomy and Physiology A
A psychosomatic disease involves psychological factors, such as stress, affecting a physical illness. In choice A, stress makes the person’s real physical disease worse, so it describes a psychosomatic disease. A preoccupation with a perceived defect or fear of illness describes different conditions, while symptoms with no apparent physical cause are not the same as a physical disease worsened by stress.
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