Nosophobia

Nosophobia, dem sanso know as disease phobia anaa illness anxiety disorder, be de irrational fear of contracting a disease, a type of specific phobia. Primary fears of dis kind be fear of contracting HIV infection (AIDS phobia anaa HIV serophobia), pulmonary tuberculosis (phthisiophobia), sexually transmitted infections (syphilophobia anaa venereophobia), cancer (carcinophobia), heart diseases (cardiophobia), COVID-19 (coronaphobia), den catching de common cold anaa flu.

De word nosophobia dey cam from de Greek νόσος nosos for "disease" den φόβος, phobos, "fear".

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Category:Situational phobias