Emetophobia is one of the most common phobias that people can feel in their daily lives. Emetophobia, which is also known as vomitaphobia an intense fear or physical, illness or simply the subject of sick or vomiting. People who suffer from Emetophobia known as Emetophobes.
Symptoms of Emetophobia include:
* Be hygienic and cleaning themselves regularly
* Do not eat for fear of vomiting in public places.
* Eating only foods that the patient knows are “safe” (meaning that they know that the food does not make them sick).
* Fear of reading words or seeing the images associated with vomiting.
* Be Your Own hungry and ate much less food for fear of vomiting
* For women, the fear of pregnancy (from the fear of morning sickness).
* Inability to work in institutions associated with the disease.
* Difficulties if, for example, their child is sick, and they must help them.
* Avoidance of medical practice and in other places where vomiting may be present.
* Make sure that it is difficult or impossible to watch television programs, as from accidents is based in the hospital.
* Fear of smell sick or vomiting.
Emetophobia is not exclusive to a certain age or period; Emetophobia severe cases were found in both adults and children.
There are many reasons that are written can lead to fear of vomiting, in a clinical study conducted in 1980 found that a large number of children affected by Emetophobia were mentally disabled. In addition it was found that adults may suffer from Emetophobia as a direct result of gastro-intestinal surgery, which refers to the treatment of patients suffering from diseases of the esophagus (gullet) and stomach. Other causes may be vomiting in a child rights and the impact of vomiting as a result of alcohol, pregnancy, etc.