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What realy is Emetophobia?

By: Jerry L. Fobik

No one likes to be nauseous. The idea of getting nauseous or unsettled stomach is not an amusing idea. But, when the idea of nausea becomes vast enough to compel a human being to change their lifestyles and eating habits, the situation may be more than just a normal dislike of throwing up. Emetophobia is the intense fear of vomit and this phobia can lead to death in those who suffer from it.

One who fears vomit may fear the thought or actof vomiting themselves, the thought or actof others vomiting, or the vomit itself. These patients suffer from extreme amounts of anxiety regarding vomit in general. The trouble with a phobia of this nature is the precursor to vomiting, eating.

Many individuals who suffer from emetophobia are diagnosed with anorexia way previous to the fear of vomiting is found. The patients will do anything in orderto avoid vomiting and this includes the pause of eating.
They feel that if they do not eat food, there is no way they will be compelled to vomit or get sick. Paradoxically, eating food can oftenmake the emetophobic person fell nauseous after a period of time with no food and thus the fear is realized and the phobia grows stronger.

The anorexia connected with emetophobia is only one of its kind, in that it requires the treatment of the fear of vomiting before the anorexia can be treated. When hospitalized the emetophobic individual will often have to be fed through IV until they are well enough to undergo emotional treatment for their fear of vomit.

Some of the more common symptoms of emetophobia include:

Avoidance of social conditions.

Avoidance of restaurants, hospitals, and doctors offices.

An extreme fear of getting sick.

Avoidance of food.

Anorexia.

While it is ordinary normal to hate vomit, it is not ordinary normal to keep away from food in order to prevent yourself from vomiting. The emetophobia person will go the excessive lengths to avoid getting sick or even catching sight of vomit. This phobia is one of the most severe due to the link to anorexia which can cause death in a very short time. Anorexia is frequently diagnosed along side bulimia, but the emetophobic patient will never show signs of bulimia.

Emetophobia can be treated in almost the same method as other types of phobia with anti-anxiety medication and therapy. But, due to the nature of the fear itself, the therapy often needs to be extensive and the patients are frequently positioned into an in patient treatment facility in order to be observed closely throughout treatment. If the emetophobia patient has begun to avoid food, the treatment will also involve a higher calorie diet and further therapy for anorexia.

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