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[Emetophobia - the Specific Phobia of Vomiting: a case report].
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr
April 2024
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Excessive Gag Reflex, Dental Anxiety, and Phobia of Vomiting in Dental Care.
Int Dent J
August 2024
Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Background: The most known and commonly studied behavioral obstacle to dental care is dental anxiety. An obstacle that is less studied though no less problematic is excessive gag reflex, which can severely impede dental treatment. Another understudied and possibly related syndrome is emetophobia (a specific phobia of vomiting).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn Examination of the Association between Emotion Regulation and Emetophobia Symptoms.
Psychol Rep
November 2023
Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA.
Background: Specific phobia of vomiting, referred to as emetophobia, is a specific phobia characterized by persistent and severe fear of vomit. Individuals with emetophobia engage in a variety of emotional and behavioral avoidance strategies to distance themselves from perceived vomit-related threat. As such, individuals may struggle to effectively use emotion regulation (ER) skills; however, to date, limited work has examined the association between emotion regulation and emetophobia symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRetrograde Cricopharyngeus Dysfunction effectively treated with low dose botulinum toxin. A case report from Italy.
Front Neurol
August 2023
Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
A large constellation of hitherto unexplained symptoms including inability to burp, gurgling noises from the chest and lower neck, abdominal bloating, flatulence, painful hiccups and emetophobia was defined as Retrograde Cricopharyngeus Dysfunction (R-CPD) in 2019. First choice treatment of R-CPD involves injection of botulinum toxin into the cricopharyngeus muscle under local or general anesthesia. This treatment has been found to be effective in the vast majority of subjects, with limited adverse events and prolonged therapeutic effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEmetophobia: A case of nausea leading to dehydration in an adolescent female.
SAGE Open Med Case Rep
August 2020
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Emetophobia is defined as the specific fear of vomiting and avoidance behaviors related to vomiting situations; the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, specifies this condition as a Specific Phobia: Other type: Vomiting (SPOV). Our case report describes an adolescent presenting with medical complications, specifically notable dehydration, due to new onset Specific Phobia: Other type: Vomiting after experiencing a bout of viral gastroenteritis. In this patient's case, her severe anxiety served as the root cause for a significant decrease in her quality of life for a year and was not identified by healthcare providers until after an extensive medical workup had taken place.
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