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Scabiophobia: The Fear of Scabies
Scabiophobia is generally seen as an irrational fear of Scabies. Many mental disorder patients who are suffering from Scabiophobia usually don’t feel the need to treat the problem, as they…
Acerophobia: The Fear of Sourness
The fear of sourness is often called Acerophobia. This mental disorder causes people to have a general fear of sour or bitter food. This phobia is not only restricted to…
Taeniophobia: The Fear of Tapeworm
Tapeworms are segmented flatworms that resemble measuring tapes, hence the name. They are parasitic organisms that live in the intestines of some animals and cause tapeworm infections. While animals can…
Diabetophobia: The Fear of Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic condition that develops due to insulin deficiency. Insulin deficiency may occur when the pancreas fails to produce enough insulin to meet the body’s requirements or when…
Patroiophobia: The Fear of Heredity
Heredity is how parents pass down traits and characteristics through genes to their biological offspring. Heredity is why a child would look and act like either or both of his…
Auroraphobia: The Fear of Northern Lights
Aurora, also known as the Northern Lights, Polar Lights, and Southern Lights, is a phenomenon characterized by a display of bright colors in the sky triggered by electrically charged solar…
Epistaxiophobia: The Fear of Nose Bleeds
Nose bleeds may occur due to an accident, a fight, or a sickness. This is simply the escape of blood through the nose. In most cases, nose bleeds are not…
Dutchphobia: The Fear of the Dutch or Netherlands
The people of the Netherlands are known as Dutch. These people are part of the West Germanic ethnicity, with ‘’Dutch’’ as their official language. Like every other ethnicity, they have…
Limnophobia: The Fear of Lake
Limnophobia is a somewhat rare fear, but it can be disruptive and disturbing to the sufferer. Limnophobia is the intense or irrational fear of lakes. Someone with this condition may…
Aeroacrophobia: The Fear of Open High Places
You must have heard about the fear of heights, but there’s more to it than you probably know. Aeroacrophobia is a word for fear of open high places. This is…
