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Nosophobia (fear of developing a disease)

Nosophobia is an intense fear of developing a physical or mental illness. It is a type of health anxiety that can cause a person to become preoccupied with the fear of becoming sick. Symptoms of nosophobia may include excessive worrying, panic attacks, avoidance of medical care, and difficulty concentrating

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Nosophobia, also known as disease phobia or illness anxiety disorder, is the irrational fear of contracting a disease, a type of specific phobia. Primary fears of this kind are fear of contracting HIV infection, pulmonary tuberculosis (phthisiophobia), sexually transmitted infections, cancer (carcinophobia), heart diseases (cardiophobia), COVID-19, and catching the common cold or flu.

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