Yu kin fred bak we yu go to dɔktɔ? Mek wi tok abaut Iatrophobia!

Sɔntɛnde, yu kin fred smɔl ɔ yu kin fred we yu tink bɔt fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɔ fɔ du tɛst fɔ si if yu gɛt sik? Dat kin bi nɔmal tin. Bɔt if dis frayd kam tumɔs ɛn afɛkt yu te yu avɔyd di dɔktɔ, ɔ ivin if yu gɛt siriɔs sik, yu kin gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl iatrophobia . Mek wi tok abaut dis in mo ditel tide, okay?

Wetin na Iatrophobia? Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan...

Iatrophobia na fɔ fred pasmak, nɔrmal fɔ dɔktɔ ɔr mɛrɛsin. Tink bɔt am, sɔm pipul dɛn kin fred spayda ɔ ayt, ɛn dis na sɔntin lɛk dat. Dis nɔto jɔs smɔl frayd, na fɔ fred , we na wan sik wae de kam pan pɔrsin in maynd wae gɛt fɔ du wit wɔri.

Dis wɔd na tu Grik wɔd dɛn. "iatros" min hila, we min dɔktɔ. "phobos" min fɔ fred. So, fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di fred we di dɔktɔ de fred .

Pɔrsin wae gɛt dis frayd kin avɔyd fɔ go to dɔktɔ, ilɛksɛf i sik ɔr ivin if i gɛt sayn fɔ siriɔs sik. Sɔmtɛm, dɛn kin nɔr de pe atɛnshɔn to de sayn dɛm ɛn wet te di sik wɔs te dɛn go dɔn fɔ go na ɔspitul. Yu nɔ tink se dat na tin we rili bad?

Wetin rili na dis phobia?

Fɔbia, lɛk aw wi dɔn tɔk, na fɔ fred pasmak, we nɔ gɛt sɛns fɔ fred sɔntin, pɔsin, animal, ɔ tin we de apin. Dat min se di fred pas di rial denja we da tin de kin mek. Iatrophobia de insay di kategori bak we dɛn kɔl Specific Phobic Disorder .

Yu kin fred fɔ dɔktɔ ɔr dɔktɔ tɛst bikɔs ɔf wan bad bad tin we bin apin to yu trade. Ɔ i kin bi bikɔs yu gɛt padi biznɛs wit tin dɛn lɛk blɔd, wund, ɛn injɛkshɔn.

Aw dis sik wae de kam pan iatrophobia de ɔlsay?

Infakt, dɛn se lɛk 12% pan di big pipul dɛn ɛn 19% pan di yɔŋ pikin dɛn na Amɛrika gɛt sɔm patikyula tin dɛn we kin mek dɛn fred. Pan ɔl we no difrɛn statystik nɔ de fɔ iatrophobia, wan sɔv sho se wan pan ɛvri tri pipul dɛn na Amɛrika nɔ kin go to dɔktɔ ivin we dɛn fil se dɛn nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Imajin, dis situeshɔn kin dɔn wɔs wit di COVID-19 pandemic. Pipul dɛn bin de fred fɔ go to dɔktɔ bikɔs dɛn bin de fred se dɛn go gɛt di vayrɔs. Dɔn bak, we nyus skata se di nos swab tɛst fɔ COVID-19 de pen ɛn nɔ kɔmfyut, dɛn bigin fɔ fred am bak. So, pipul dɛm wae gɛt iatrophobia nɔr kin gɛt tɛst ivin if dɛn gɛt di vayrɔs ɛn gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm.

Udat de pan ay risk fɔ gɛt iatrophobia?

If pɔsin gɛt Illness Anxiety Disorder (IAD) , we na wan sik we wi bin de kɔl hypochondria , i kin fred fɔ dɔktɔ ɔ fɔ du dɔktɔ tɛst. Bɔrku tɛm, pɔrsin wae gɛt IAD kin wɔri se dɛn go sik, ɔr dɛn dɔn ɔlrɛdi gɛt sik. So, dɛn kin fred se dɔktɔ go tɛl dɛn se dɛn gɛt sik, sɔntɛm sik we dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ mɛn.

Dɔn bak, if yu na pɔsin we de smok ɔ we de tek drɔgs, yu kin gɛt iatrophobia bak. Bikɔs yu go de fred se if yu go to dɔktɔ, dɛn go gi yu bad nyuz bɔt yu wɛlbɔdi ɔ tɛl yu fɔ stɔp yu abit.

Wetin na di tin dɛm wae kin mek yu gɛt Iatrophobia?

I rili at fɔ sho wan rizin fɔ dis. Bɔku rizin dɛn kin de. Na sɔm pan dɛn:

• Di tin dɛn we kin apin we dɛn smɔl: Bɔku tɛm, yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin mɛmba di dɔktɔ in ɔfis as ples usay dɛn kin gɛt vaysin. So dat fred kin kɔntinyu te dɛn big.
• Fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɔltɛm: If yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ bɔku tɛm ɛn du tɛst bikɔs ɔf sɔm wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm frɔm we yu smɔl, dat kin bi rizin bak.
• Bad mɛrɛsin ɛkspiriɛns: Sɔntɛm yu nɔ bin fil fayn bɔt di tritmɛnt we yu bin dɔn gɛt frɔm dɔktɔ we bin dɔn de bifo, ɔ if yu bin gɛt bad ɛkspiriɛns, dat kin afɛkt bak.
• Sik dɛm wae nɔr de mɛn: Pipul dɛm wae gɛt krɛse sik lɛk dayabitis ɛn kansa kin gɛt fɔ du tɛst ɛn tritmɛnt ɔltɛm, sɔmtɛm kin mek dɛn fil pen. Dis na tin bak we kin mek pɔsin fred.
• Bad nyus: We yu yɛri bad nyus frɔm dɔktɔ, ilɛksɛf na bɔt yu yon wɛlbɔdi ɔ pɔsin we yu lɛk in wɛlbɔdi, i kin mek bak dis fred.
• As pɔsin we de kia fɔ yu: If pɔsin we de nia yu sik ɛn yu fɔ kɛr am go to dɔktɔ ɛn fɔ du tɛst ɔltɛm, da ɛkspiriɛns de kin afɛkt yu bak.
• Lɔs pɔsin we yu lɛk: If pɔsin we yu lɛk day bikɔs ɔf sik ɔ aksidɛnt we i de gɛt mɛrɛsin, dat kin mek bak dis fred.
• Famili histri: If pɔrsin na yu famili gɛt frayd frayd ɔr wɔri, yu kin gɛt dis sik.

Us ɔda phobia kin gɛt fɔ du wit Iatrophobia?

Bɔrku tɛm, pɔrsin wae gɛt wan frayd kin gɛt wan ɔr mɔr ɔda frayd frayd. Fɔ ɛgzampul, pɔsin we de fred dɔktɔ dɛn kin gɛt Dentophobia , we na di fred we dɛntist dɛn kin fred.

Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, bɔt ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin fred bak, lɛk:

• Carcinophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ gɛt kansa.
• Cardiophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ gɛt at sik ɔr at atak.
• Klaustrofobia: Fɔ fred fɔ gɛt say dɛn we dɛn nɔ de, lɛk MRI mashin .
• Hemophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ si blɔd.
• Mysophobia ɔ Germophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ gɛt jem.
• Nosocomephobia: Fɔ fred fɔ ɔspitul.
• Nosophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ gɛt sik dɛn.
• Famakofobia: Fɔ fred fɔ tek mɛrɛsin.
• Thanatophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ day.
• Tomophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ gɛt mɛrɛsin lɛk ɔpreshɔn.
• Traumatophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ wund.
• Trypanophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ nidul (injɛkshɔn).

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ Iatrophobia?

Pipul dɛn we de fred dɔktɔ dɛn kin no se dɛn fred nɔ mek sɛns, we min se i nɔ gɛt ɛni rial rizin. Bɔt ilɛksɛf dɛn no dis, i nɔ kin stil izi fɔ dɛn fɔ kɔntrol di we aw dɛn bɔdi de biev we dɛn go si ɔ mit dɔktɔ. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn sayn ya kin apin jɔs we yu tink bɔt fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɔ fɔ du dɔktɔ tɛst.

Si if yusɛf de fil dɛn tin ya:

• Diziz we pɔsin kin gɛt .
• Dray mɔt .
• Fɔ fil bad bad wan ɔ fɔ fred.
• Vɔmit .
• Fɔ swet pasmak ( Hyperhidrosis ).
• Fɔ brith kwik kwik wan ɛn at rit we de go ɔp, ɔ filin se yu chɛst tayt ( at palpitations ).
• Tremor.

Dɛn sayn ya nɔ kin apin di sem we fɔ ɔlman. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt sɔm pan dɛn kayn sik ya, ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn kin gɛt ɔda sayn dɛn.

Aw dɛn kin no dis kɔndishɔn fɔ iatrophobia?

Naw imajin, if yu nɔr kin go to dɔktɔ bikɔs ɔf yu iatrophobia, yu kin si pɔrsin lɛk bihayvya wɛl bɔdi spɛshal, lɛk kɔstɔma, soshal woka, ɔr sayɛnsman. Sɔntɛnde, yu rilijɔn lida kin kwalifay bak fɔ gi advays bɔt dis.

Iatrophobia na wan sik wae de mek pɔrsin nɔr de fil fayn . Dat min se, i kin apin na sɔm patikyula tin dɛn (fɔ tink bɔt, fɔ go to dɔktɔ). Di American Psychiatric Association (APA) se fɔ mek dɛn ɔfishal wan no bɔt dis sik, di sayn dɛn fɔ mit dɛn tin ya:

• Fɔ fred bad bad wan fɔ dɔktɔ ɔ fɔ du mɛrɛsin tɛst we dɔn de fɔ at le siks mɔnt.
• Di sayn dɛn kin sho we yu go to dɔktɔ, we yu de du dɔktɔ ɛgzam, ɔ jɔs tink bɔt am.
• Fɔ avɔyd fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɔ fɔ du tɛst bikɔs yu de fred, pan ɔl we yu no se yu gɛt sik.
• Dɛn sayn ya kin afɛkt yu wɛl bɔdi ɛn kwaliti layf.
• Fɔ fred pasmak, wɔri, ɔr frayd pasmak wae nɔr de wit di rial denja.

Mɛmba se na dɔktɔ ɔ pɔsin we sabi bɔt mental wɛlbɔdi biznɛs nɔmɔ go ebul fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt di sik bay we i de fala dɛn tin ya. If yu saspek se yu get somtin laik dis, definitely tok abaut am.

Aw dɛn kin trit Iatrophobia?

Di gud nyus na dat, tritmɛnt de fɔ dis! Wan pɔsin we de gi advays ɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn kin ɛp yu fɔ lɛf fɔ fred fɔ dɔktɔ ɔ fɔ du dɔktɔ tɛst. Na sɔm we dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ du dat:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Dis na wan kayn saykotɛrapi , we na wan kayn tɔk tɛrapi. I min fɔ tɔk dip wan bɔt aw yu de tink, aw yu de fil, ɛn aw yu de biev we gɛt fɔ du wit wetin yu de fred. I de tich yu bak aw fɔ chenj dɛn tin dɛn de we yu de tink ɛn biev.
• Eksposhɔn Tɛrapi: Dis kin min fɔ mek yu de ɛkspos yusɛf smɔl smɔl to tin dɛn we de mek yu nɔ ebul fɔ du yu wok di we we yu go ebul fɔ kɔntrol. Na di sem tɛm, yu kin yuz we dɛn fɔ rilaks fɔ mek yu nɔ fred smɔl smɔl. Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak desensitization . I tan lɛk se smɔl smɔl yu de yus pɔsin we bin de fred wata fɔ wata we i bin smɔl.
• Hipnotherapy: Dis kin yuz hypnotic therapies fɔ ɛp yu fɔ chenj yu tink bɔt dɔktɔ ɛn mɛdikal tɛst.
• Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya fɔ mɛn yu wɔri ɔr mɛrɛsin wae de mek yu nɔr gɛt pwɛl hat sik: Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin ɛp fɔ kɔntrol yu sik wae yu de gɛt tritmɛnt. Bɔt di wan dɛn we de gi advays ɛn di wan dɛn we de stɔdi bɔt pɔsin in maynd nɔ kin ebul fɔ gi dɛn mɛrɛsin ya bikɔs dɛn nɔ gɛt digri fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn. Bɔt dɛn kin rifer yu to pɔsin we kwalifay fɔ gi yu mɛrɛsin, lɛk saykayatrist, saykayatrik nɔs prɛktishɔn, ɔ praymari kia dɔktɔ.

Aw wi kin manej dis kɔndishɔn fɔ iatrophobia?

If yu delay fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin ɔ tɛst, dat kin ambɔg yu wɛlbɔdi. So, na sɔm step dɛm wae yu kin tek fɔ minimiz de simptom dɛm fɔ iatrophobia ɛn ɛp yu fɔ gɛt di tritmɛnt wae yu nid:

• Yuz tɛlimɛdisin: Ɛnitɛm we i pɔsibul, ɛn we i fayn, go to dɔktɔ bay vidio kɔl, fon kɔl, ɔ chat. Dis de naw na bɔku say dɛn.
• Rikwest di fɔs apɔntinmɛnt fɔ di de: Da we de yu nɔ go nid fɔ wet tumɔs na di dɔktɔ in ɔfis ɔ wet rum.
• Distrakt yu maynd:Briŋ buk, magazin, ɔ yu fambul ɔ padi fɔ sɔpɔt yu.
• Pik ples we yu go fil fayn: If i pɔsibul, pik dɔktɔ in ɔfis we de rilaks, we nɔ go tan lɛk mɛrɛsin, pas fɔ pik ɔspitul ɔ mɛdikal bildin.
• Dɔktɔ we gɛt padi biznɛs wit yu: Tray fɔ fɛn dɔktɔ we de drɛs lɛk aw yu de drɛs, we de gi yu di tɛm we yu nid, ɛn we ɔndastand wetin yu de fred.
• Tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt wetin yu de fred: i go ebul fɔ ɛp yu fɔ bia wit dɛn. I kin ebul fɔ mek di tɛst dɛn izi fɔ yu.

Wetin na di poshubul kɔmplikeshɔn dɛm fɔ iatrophobia?

If yu nɔ du mɛrɛsin tɛst ɛn tritmɛnt, dat kin mek yu gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ chenj, we kin afɛkt yu kwaliti fɔ liv ɛn yu layf. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu nɔ no se yu gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn ɛn yu nɔ gɛt tritmɛnt ɛn yu gɛt ay kɔlɔstrel, dat kin mek yu gɛt strok ɔ at atak, ɛn dis kin mek yu day. I impɔtant fɔ go to yu dɔktɔ ɔltɛm fɔ mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi.

Pɔsin we gɛt iatrophobia kin gɛt wan sik bak we dɛn kɔl White Coat Syndrome . Dis min se blɔd prɛshɔn kin jɔs go ɔp we dɛn go to dɔktɔ. We dɛn mɛzhɔ am na os, blɔd prɛshɔn kin bi nɔmal. Dis frayd frayd ɛn de strɛs we kin gɛt fɔ du wit am kin mek blɔd prɛshɔn go ɔp wantɛm wantɛm.

Dɔn bak, yu de pan denja fɔ gɛt panik atak , ɔ fɔ fred wantɛm wantɛm, we yu go to dɔktɔ ɔ du dɔktɔ ɛgzam. Dɛn panik atak ya kin kɔntinyu fɔ apin ɛn kin mek yu gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl panik disɔda .

Ustɛm a fɔ aks fɔ ɛp fɔ du dis?

Wi ɔl nid dɔktɔ fɔ ɛp wi sɔntɛnde. If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya, mek shɔ se yu go to yu wɛlbɔdi biznɛs pɔsin:

• If yu gɛt panik atak .
• If yu gɛt pwɛl hat ɔltɛm wae de ambɔg yu ɛvride layf ɔr slip.
• If yu gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk pwɛl hat ɔr prɔblɛm wae gɛt fɔ du wit yuse wae yu de yuse sɔm kayn mɛrɛsin.
• If yu gɛt sayn fɔ sik we nid fɔ gɛt mɛrɛsin.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks di dɔktɔ?

Yu kin aks yu wɛlbɔdi prɔvayda kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk:

• Wetin kin mek dis frayd frayd?
• Us opshɔn dɛn de we go mek am izi fɔ mi fɔ gɛt mɛrɛsin?
• Wetin na di bɛst tritmɛnt fɔ mi?
• Aw lɔng a go nid tɛrapi?
• Yu tink se mɛrɛsin go ɛp?
• A fɔ no bɔt prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin?

Fɔ dɔn, wetin fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Iatrophobia, wae de frayd fɔ dɔktɔ ɔr mɛrɛsin, kin gɛt bɔrku, bad bad impak pan yu wɛl bɔdi. I nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɔltɛm, fɔ tɛst blɔd, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn fɔ no if yu gɛt sayn dɛn we de sho se yu sik kwik kwik wan. Di wan dɛn we de kia fɔ wɛlbɔdi biznɛs kin gi yu tritmɛnt dɛn we kin mek yu layf fayn ɛn mek yu layf lɔng.

Di impɔtant tin na fɔ no se nɔto yu wangren de. Wan pɔrsin wae sabi bɔt mɛntɛl hεlth kin ɛp yu fɔ pul dis kayn sik wae de mɛk yu nɔr de fil fayn.

I fayn bak fɔ mek yu dɔktɔ ɛn di wɛlbɔdi tim no bɔt wetin yu de fred. Dɔn dɛn kin tek step fɔ mek yu fil fayn na di say we dɛn de mɛn pipul dɛn. Yu wɛlbɔdi de na yu an! Nɔ fred, gɛt di ɛp we yu nid.

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