Phobia
You must be one of them who are not scared to go skydiving but are afraid of getting shots. Well, you are not alone. You just probably have this so called trypanophobia which is commonly known as needle phobia. Before the condition was officially recognized in 1994, people who had this certain condition may have had to face some sort of scrutiny or unusual criticism from people. Luckily for you, this fear of needles is now officially acknowledged and there have been a couple of treatments to help you deal with it.
Technically, needle phobia appears in several types. These types include vaso-vagal, associative, resistive, hyperalgesic. In some cases, sufferers from needle phobia show symptoms even when they are not injected. In worst cases, symptoms include fainting or collapsing.
Sufferers of needle phobia usually avoid blood tests and inoculations as both involve the use of needles. But in worse cases, a sufferer is forced to refrain from all types of medical care that utilize needles. This makes a clear and notable problem especially when the person that has needle phobia also has a serious medical condition such as diabetes.
As we all know, people who have diabetes normally require regular injections of insulin. But with trypanophobia, a treatment with insulin can be a serious and difficult task, which usually takes time to accomplish. Needle phobia is considered as a serious issue when it comes to treating diabetes. This is because insulin can’t be given in tablet form as it can’t be broken down in the patient’s digestive system. The only way of effectively giving the insulin to a diabetic person is through injections for it to be directly passed into the patient’s bloodstream. In most cases, insulin shots are given several times a day. That becomes a really difficult problem to deal with. In fact, this concern has led to the production of very fine needles as a special needle to be used for insulin injections. These fine needles bear no resemblance to the needles used for drawing blood. Currently, other alternatives are still being explored such as the use of high pressured jet of air to force insulin through the skin and the use of insulin inhalers.
Like any other types of phobia, it is believed that needle phobia may have generated from previous unpleasant experiences such as having a painful injection during one’s childhood. There is also another lingering belief that some people are unusually born to be more sensitive to pain from injections compared to others. Generally, a lot of children experience needle phobia due to the combination of the strange environment as that of the hospital or clinic and of course the physical pain from the needle.
When you happen to have this sort of phobia, there is no reason to keep it just to yourself. The best thing to do is to let your doctor know about it so he can conduct a diagnosis on your condition and suggest the best possible treatment for your fear of needles. In severe cases, sufferers seek help from specialists who are used to treating these conditions. The good thing about this is that there is treatment and it only takes for you to be open about it.
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