Psychosomatic illness or hypochondria describes a disorder that results from increased anxiety about an individual's health. Such patients believe that minor symptoms are indicators of a much more serious disease, or develop symptoms even without any underlying disease. However, sufferers still feel pain and other symptoms - the symptoms are not imaginary as is the case with Munchausen syndrome, the pain is quite real and is felt by the patient despite the lack of an underlying cause. Arlene Cuddy demonstrates psychosomatic illness along with her real physical illness.