
Fear of needles, blood, doctors, hospitals, and medical procedures. These phobias are more common than you might think and can prevent people from getting vital care.
MedicalAgliophobia
Fear of pain.
MedicalAlgophobia
Fear of pain (variant).
MedicalAmaxophobia
Fear of riding in a car.
MedicalAnginophobia
Fear of angina or choking.
MedicalBacillophobia
Fear of bacteria.
MedicalBacteriophobia
Fear of bacteria (variant).
MedicalCarcinophobia
Fear of cancer.
MedicalCardiophobia
Fear of heart disease.
MedicalCibophobia
Fear of food.
MedicalCoprophobia
Fear of feces.
MedicalDermatophobia
Fear of skin disease.
MedicalDipsophobia
Fear of drinking.
MedicalDysmorphophobia
Fear of body deformity.
MedicalEmetophobia
Fear of vomiting.
MedicalFebriphobia
Fear of fever.
MedicalGerascophobia
Fear of growing old.
MedicalGerontophobia
Fear of old people or aging.
MedicalHematophobia
Fear of blood (variant).
MedicalHypnophobia
Fear of sleep.
MedicalIophobia
Fear of poison.
MedicalLeprophobia
Fear of leprosy.
MedicalLyssophobia
Fear of rabies or going mad.
MedicalMolysmophobia
Fear of contamination.
MedicalNosocomephobia
Fear of hospitals.
MedicalObesophobia
Fear of gaining weight.
MedicalOdontophobia
Fear of dentists.
MedicalOsmophobia
Fear of odors.
MedicalPathophobia
Fear of disease.
MedicalPharmacophobia
Fear of medication.
MedicalPogonophobia
Fear of beards.
MedicalRadiophobia
Fear of radiation.
MedicalRhytiphobia
Fear of wrinkles.
MedicalTocophobia
Fear of pregnancy and childbirth.
MedicalTomophobia
Fear of surgical operations.
MedicalToxiphobia
Fear of being poisoned.
MedicalTraumatophobia
Fear of injury.
MedicalUrophobia
Fear of urinating.
MedicalVerminophobia
Fear of germs.
MedicalDentophobia
Fear of dentists (variant).
MedicalVaccinophobia
Fear of vaccines.
MedicalAblutophobia
Fear of bathing.
MedicalAcarophobia
Fear of small insects or mites causing itching.
MedicalAichmophobia (variant)
Fear of sharp objects.
MedicalAlbuminurophobia
Fear of kidney disease.
MedicalAmychophobia
Fear of scratches.
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