What is Trypanophobia?
Correct answer: Fear of medical procedures involving needles
OzzysUndies
I work in an operating theatre and we have patients who come and say they have this fear. Then I notice the tattoos that they have.
Nora
I had a friend who was so afraid of needles, that he would not go to the doctor. He had a hernia that ruptured and he bled to death in his front yard, simply because he wouldn't go to the doctor, due to his fear of needles. He had left his phone in the house and couldn't get to it to call for help. Such a waste of a life because of fear.
Player Elf Council
MadMarcus1812, I have found that more men suffer from this than women. I have a theory. As young girls we had to learn sewing and embroidery so were forever sticking needles into ourselves. No worries!
Centenarian
Tripano is to put a hole in something in Greek
Birdiemom
constantgamer0421, yeah...tattoos actually HURT. Today's hypodermic needles are so sharp and finely polished that you hardly feel it
constantgamer0421
OzzysUndies, major difference between hypodermic needles and tattoo needles.
waffles
I have this because of a nurse who somehow didn't know how to take blood properly when I was a little kid. all I remember was her fishing around in both arms for a vein for like 10 minutes while I cried in pain.
Plopwall
OzzysUndies, I too work in operating theatre and agree, the bigger they are the worse they are lol
YI
Trypa in Greek means hole
Uninitialized
OzzysUndies, yes I know it does sound weird but I am terrified of needles but I do have tattoos it's just tattooing doesn't involve going deeper into your skin it's on the outside of your skin and you don't see the blade with needles it's a sharp pointy stick that goes into your skin in it just freaks me out so bad I get so worked up every time I have to have a shot or an IV but yes it does seem weird
DiamondGirl98
I've been a diabetic for several years and some days I feel like a human pincushion! But needles don't bother me much anymore. It's usually what comes after the needles that I worry about.
Redeemed 2001
if I had as many needles sticking out of me as have been stuck in me I'd look like a porcupine
Brandy420
OzzysUndies, I get anxious when I know im going to get my blood drawn or an IV put in. But I also have tattoos. The difference for me is the fact that the tattoo needle is not going into a vein. The thought of a needle going into my vein makes my heart rate go up, my hands get sweaty and I breathe heavier.
MadMarcus1812
I get patients all the time with needle phobia, and if they are very young children under 8 years they have an irrational fear of anything sharp or pointy, it's because they are afraid of any pain. Most people grow out of it though when they become young adults.
Player #10365667
Davy, Livingston, try eliquis
it regulates the dose automatically. no blood tests ever. I was on warfarin for 13 yrs and because other tabs caused my levels to go up and down I had to have blood tests every 6 days. such a relief to have no more tests.
little b
i have a fear of needles
Dani
learning so much today on this. I have this now I know it's name.
brickmartian
waffles, I've had that experience a few times in my life, including with well trained nurses and technicians that don't usually have those problems!
I believe it might be because of differences in blood pressure in some people that lower blood pressures make the veins less easily visible!
I've got an unusually high tolerance for pain though, so I rarely "feel" it as anything more than a minor inconvenience!
brickmartian
OzzysUndies, Irrational fears blinded by equally irrational egania!
Cat Mom
Nora, Wow!
Cat Mom
Is it just me or did the questions get a lot harder at level 30? My stars are going to go down dramatically because I just don't know the answers
Elenora
Player Elf Council, Well I appreciate your opinion 😁
GEMnEYE
oh my gosh I have another phobia 🙄 my heart rate be 165+ beats per minute every time
beezkneez
OzzysUndies, I suffer from this. I only get phobic if it's a needle I know that's going into my veins.
Noora
OzzysUndies, I got it and I have tattoos it’s different but I can’t explain it
Gary
@Player Elf I would like to register a very strong disagreement with you. in spite of girls' interests and interactions with needles, when it comes to our getting injections at school all the girls are at the back of the lines.
Atekah
Player Elf Council, you are so right 👍
J
I have needle phobia it isn’t the pain or blood it’s the actual hypodermic syringe it makes me anxious just thinking about them!
Arun S
The picture was sort of a giveaway
Dragonite
I do have that,but i just know it now what is so called of it..But my family just didn't understand why i am really scared in needles or any procedures whenever they brought me in a clinic or hospital.Because.i have that kind of phobia,i just already feel the pain in advance.
Lala Jacobs
I have this 😭
LYNN
literally girls are so lucky because when they sow they poke the needle into their finger
Albus
Bro, I'm scared/freaked out of injections. Or if someone accidentally point a sharp object in my eye.
Royalty
I'm scared of needles to the point that my General Practioner even knows that I don't deal with needles.
Chelu Neb1
did someone say "needles"???? :O
Taimis@Luka❤
and I'm one of them 😔😥very very much 😭😭
lizouche
waffles, I am so sorry to hear...
D O N N A
As a diabetic that takes 5 shots a day-no problem with needles. Keeps me alive!
Player #77933663
OzzysUndies, not the same, needles go deep, tattoo needles scratch surface.
Dieu linh
Mon qua cuc dinh
Mica
I thought having a extreme fear of injections are normal not until I read this information. Actually, I'm afraid before in any kinds of needles and injections but may parents always said that it is just like a bite of ant.
julie
wen i was a kid until my fear become strong likewise wen i see the needle my blood dropping and somethimes i do colapse other people laughing at me bcoz of that but i can't overcome my fear,,😞😞😞😞
Zenab
I also have this phobia I got to know it right now. First, I thought that the fear of medical procedures and needles was a part of anesthesia.
Christ
it's me im soo afraid of blood
Melode
I can sypatize with waffles because the same thing happened to me. I had to get over this because my doctor takes my blood all the time. I dontlook at the needle anymore. I call him dracula.