No one likes being sick, but for people with emetophobia, vomiting can also be a source of incredible distress. A type of anxiety disorder, emetophobia is characterised by an extreme fear of vomiting, ...

And a lot of people who have it are just now realizing how many other people battle it as well. Schnack explained that emetophobia is an extreme phobia of vomiting that interferes with a person's ...

Emetophobia can be defined as an extreme fear of throwing up, seeing someone else vomiting, or encountering vomit (Faye et al., 2013). Emetophobia can cause patients a lot of problems participating in ...

What happens when just the thought of being sick makes you want to throw up... but you have a deep-seated phobia of anything and everything to do with vomit, both yours and other people's? According ...

I have emetophobia, an extreme fear of vomit. I kept this secret from almost everyone. When I tried to explain to close friends, they typically replied, "I hear you; I can't stand vomit," having no ...

Emetophobia is an intense and persistent fear of vomiting that extends well beyond simple discomfort or aversion. For many people, this phobia affects daily functioning, relationships, appetite, and ...

The number of people who have been hospitalised in England with the dreaded norovirus has risen for the fourth week in a row, increasing by 15% from the previous week's average of 823 patients. An ...

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