DS 4 health anxiety

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DS 4 the last few weeks has started to ask things about his or our health and then worries about it.
For example he heard about a member of the family who had a heart attack (all is well) and even though we hadn't told him about it he has picked little bits up by listening or phone calls etc and said today 'Is my heart here? While placing his hand on his tummy' when we said yes a bit higher up and showed him he said 'is my heart ok or am I having a heart attack?' 🤦🏻‍♀️
I don't understand why he's worrying like this as I feel like we've been careful not to let him hear things.
He has also started to ask things like if he gets a splinter will it become infected?
Or his arm is hurting maybe he's broken his arm 😂
Is this a normal phase where he is just learning and that will pass?
How can I best deal with this?
We are trying to limit any negativity or talking about our own health problems is headache or pulled muscle etc as he is obviously listening and taking things on board.
Will he grow out of this? I'm really worried he's going to become a hypochondriac or have some sort of anxiety 😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️

Anyone?

I would probably explain things to him a bit more properly, still being age appropriate. Do you have a book? My 4yo is really into the usborne book how the body works?

He is just exploring and learning. This is great. Shows his intelligence, awareness and questioning. All really positive. One if my kids was very into body parts at this age (and even younger) and FULL of questions about how everything worked. He's now 12 and not turned into some sexual predator, he was curious and I was matter of fact.

Try to balance matter of fact with compassion eg. Hurt arm. "Oh you poor thing, that must have hurt... If it was broken you wouldn't be able to bend it like this or wiggle your fingers."

Whatever you do, don't get too anxious about him yourself! That will feed the anxiety. The more you treat it as natural curiosity and answer those questions, the more likely he is too move on to volcanoes or insects. If you turn it into a 'thing' even in your own mind, the more likely he is to pick up on it and make it a thing.

Don't hide stuff from him. In fact, better to be open..."Aghhhh I banged my toe really hard... Look it's all red and swollen, that's my body's way of getting better... No, I don't need to go to hospital. If it's still hurting in a week, I'll go to the doctor..." Etc etc. Maybe he's going to be a doctor!

It seems like he's just being curious and wanting to know about something that his knowledge is limited on currently.

I would maybe explain things to him rather than hide it or try not to let him hear, etc. He is perhaps picking up on the fact that you are trying to shelter him from it, which may feed the anxiety if he feels like he's picked up on something he shouldn't know about.

Also maybe just bear in mind that if you don't talk about how you feel at home with minor health issues i.e. Headaches, he may not then communicate with you or be very forthcoming when he's feeling under the weather himself.

Perfectly normal based on my ds’s. I try and be very factual with them and try to educate them at the same time. I explain in age appropriate terms obviously but I don’t shy away from the truth at all and give them time to digest it and ask questions. We’ve actually been having conversations about the many sad open water deaths this week with our ds’s and they’ve been asking some really well thought through questions. They amaze me at times with their ability to understand and don’t tend to get caught up in the scary bits