Fear of needles

As Trypanophobie or ( colloquially ) syringe fear the irrational fear of injections is called. It is a specific phobia, which is considered relatively common and generally as medically relevant.

Nir et al. studied 400 people (mean age 25 years) who should receive immunizations for travel. Of these, 7% medical staff and 2.8 % persons who had to inject insulin regularly. 21.7 % reported to be afraid, while 8.2% had a disproportionate fear could be detected. For fainting occurred particularly in individuals with a syringe phobia and those with bad previous experience. On the other hand, was able to reduce the rate of fainting a clearly perceptible empathy.

In order to enable a targeted therapy must be made between a

• Trypanophobie (fear of injection as such)
• Belonophobie (fear of needles) or Aichmophobie (fear of sharp objects )
• Vaccinophobie (fear of vaccinations )

Insulin requiring diabetics with " fear of injections " therefore requires a psychological evaluation before possibly a " vaccination gun " for administration of insulin may be provided by the health insurance available - not least because the diagnosis of phobia must be secured as such themselves. Alternatively, the contents of the ampoule to be injected are administered sublingually, or nasally. As a psychotherapeutic method usually the modified behavior therapy is applied.

One way to circumvent the fear of injections is in the future, possibly needle-free injection dar.