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The facts on phobia causes and symptoms.

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Ablutophobia, or fear of bathing, is a relative uncommon but serious phobia. It appears to be more prevalent in women and children. It is important to note that many children dislike baths, so ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Psychiatry

Acarophobia is a pathological belief that the skin is infested with mites or insects, often leading to self-mutilation in order to eliminate the infestation. It can be an abnormal fear of mites, ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Psychiatry

Acerophobia is also known as the fear of sourness or anything that tastes sour. People suffering from this kind of phobia avoid foods which are sour such as lemons and pickles. This is considered as ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Psychiatry

Achluophobia is also known as Myctophobia, Scotophobia or Nyctophobia which is an abnormal fear of darkness. This type of phobia is often seen in young people, making the sufferer feel sick and may ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Psychiatry

Acousticophobia is best defined as the fear of sound or noise. Typical treatment for this type of phobia may take months or years, and patient might be required to be repetitively exposed into their ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Psychiatry

Acrophobia is defined as a fear of heights. Unlike a specific phobia like aerophobia -- fear of flying -- and other specific phobias, acrophobia can cause a person to fear a variety of things related ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Psychiatry

Aeroacrophobia is also known as an abnormal fear of open high places. Symptoms for this phobia often include excessive perspiration, dyspnea, jolt, sick feeling, incapacity to speak and think ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Psychiatry

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