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Fear of needles

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Fear of needles, known in medical literature as needle phobia, is the extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles.

Fear of needles - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phobia of injections or needles Medical condition Fear of needles A man being comforted by soldiers due to a fear of needles so that he can receive an injection Treatment Exposure-based therapies and alternate forms of clinical inoculation Frequency About 22% of adult population, 3.5–10% of general population may temporarily lose consciousness around the time of a needle procedure Fear of needles , known in medical literature as needle phobia , is the extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or hyp

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