Yu kin fil bak ɔltɛm fɔ fred fɔ sik? Mek wi tok abaut Nosophobia!

Sɔntɛnde, ivin we wi gɛt smɔl kol, wi kin fred, ɛn tink se, "O, a de wɔnda if a go gɛt sɔntin we siriɔs." Dat na nɔmal tin. Bɔt if, fɔ no rizin, yu kin fil ɔltɛm fɔ fred ɔ wɔri we yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol se yu go gɛt sɔntin we siriɔs, dat kin bi sayn fɔ wan sik we dɛn kɔl nosophobia . Lɛ wi tɔk mɔ bɔt dis tide .

Wetin na Nosophobia?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, nosophobia na wan abnɔmal, nɔr kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol frayd fɔ gɛt wan patikyula sik, mɔ wan siriɔs sik we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja (lɛk kansa ɔ AIDS). Insay Grik, ‘nosos’ min sik ɛn ‘phobos’ min fɔ fred. Sɔmtɛm dɛn kin kɔl dis ‘mɛdikal studɛnt sik’ bikɔs dɛn kin si am bɔku tɛm pan mɛdikal studɛnt dɛn. Dis na bikɔs we dɛn lan bɔt difrɛn sik dɛn, dɛn kin tink se, ‘O, a nɔ no if misɛf gɛt dis sik.’ Dɛn kin kɔl am bak ‘disease phobia’, ‘pathophobia’. Ɛn wan ɔda nyu wan na saybakɔndria . Dat min se, fɔ rid bɔt sik dɛn na di intanɛt ɛn fred se, ‘A go gɛt dis sik bak / a dɔn gɛt am ɔlrɛdi.’

Aw dis sik kin kɔmɔn?

I at fɔ tɔk klia wan ɔmɔs pipul dɛn gɛt nosophobia . Bɔt wi no se lɛk 1 pan ɛvri 10 big pipul dɛn ɛn 1 pan ɛvri 5 yɔŋ pikin dɛn na Amɛrika go gɛt wan patikyula fred sɔm tɛm na dɛn layf. Ɛspɛshali wit di COVID-19 pandemik we dɔn apin dis biɛn tɛm, di fred fɔ sik dɔn bɔku pan bɔku pipul dɛn. So, e sef fɔ tek am se di nɔmba fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt nosophobia dɔn go ɔp bak.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin Nosophobia, Hypochondria, ɛn Somatic Symptom Disorder?

Ɔl dɛn tri tin ya kin gɛt fɔ du wit fɔ wɔri pasmak bɔt sik ɛn nɔ rili sik. Bɔt sɔm difrɛns dɛn de we nɔ klia bitwin dɛn. Lɛ wi si wetin dɛn bi.

• Nosophobia: Dis na we pɔsin de fred wan patikyula sik . Dis min se dɛn kin fred ɔltɛm fɔ wan sik, lɛk ‘A go gɛt kansa’ ɔ ‘A go gɛt HIV/AIDS ’. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn sik ya we pipul dɛn kin fred kin de fɔ lɔng tɛm, dɛn kin put dɛn layf pan denja, ɛn sɔntɛnde dɛn kin kil dɛn. Dɛn kin biliv se dɛn dɔn ɔlrɛdi gɛt dis sik ɔr de pan denja fɔ gɛt dis sik pas ɔda pipul dɛm. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn kin fred tin dɛn lɛk kansa , multiple sclerosis , ɛn sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt frɔm mami ɛn dadi biznɛs (STD) .

• Hypochondria, ɔr insay mɛrɛsin, Illness Anxiety Disorder (IAD): Dis na wae pɔrsinFɔ fred nɔto jɔs wan sik, bɔt bɔku difrɛn sik dɛn. ‘A go gɛt kol tide? A go gɛt at atak tumara?’ A kin chenj chenj fɔ fred ɛni sik. A nɔ de stɔp pan wan sik.

• Somatic Symptom Disorder: Dɛn pipul ya, lɛk de ɔda tu, kin wɔri pasmak bɔt dɛn wɛl bɔdi. Bɔt di difrɛns na dat dɛn pipul ya kin rili gɛt sɔm kayn sik dɛn na dɛn bɔdi , lɛk we dɛn kin kɔf ɔ we dɛn bɛlɛ kin at. Bɔt, dɔktɔ tɛst nɔ kin ebul fɔ fɛn wetin mek dɛn gɛt dɛn sik dɛn de. Insay nosophobia ɛn IAD , di bɔdi kin gɛt ɔ nɔr kin de, bɔt na ya, sɔm kayn sik de bɔt nɔr kin gɛt kɔz.

Udat de pan ay risk fɔ gɛt nosophobia?

Risach dɔn sho se nosophobia kin afɛkt ɛnibɔdi, ilɛksɛf na in ej ɔ if na man ɔ uman. Bɔt ol pipul dɛn kin gɛt dis sik bikɔs dɛn kin fred fɔ day as dɛn de ol.

Dɔn bak, pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis maynia sik wae dɛn kɔl Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) kin gɛt bɔrku risk, bikɔs pipul dɛm wae gɛt OCD kin gɛt strɔng want fɔ kɔntrol ɔltin, ivin sik.

Bɔku ɔda tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik:

• Bikɔs yu bin dɔn sik bad bad wan we yu bin smɔl: If yu bin de sɔfa wit siriɔs sik fɔ lɔng tɛm we yu bin smɔl, dat ɛkspiriɛns go dɔn mek yu fred fɔ sik.
• Fɔ gɛt sik we pɔsin kin gɛt frɔm in mama ɛn papa na di famili: If pɔsin na di famili gɛt sik we pɔsin kin gɛt frɔm in mama ɛn papa lɛk dayabitis ɔ kansa, yu kin fred se ‘A go gɛt am bak?’
• Fɔ kia fɔ pɔsin we yu lɛk we sik bad bad wan: If yu dɔn si pɔsin we de nia yu de sɔfa wit siriɔs sik ɛn yu dɔn kia fɔ am, dat kin mek yu fil fayn bak.
• Fɔ lɔs pɔsin we yu lɛk bikɔs i sik bad bad wan: Dis na tin bak we rili siriɔs. We wi lɔs pɔsin we wi lɛk, wi kin fred bak fɔ di sik.
• Mama ɛn papa dɛn we gɛt tin dɛn lɛk haypochondria, fobia, ɔr wɔri: If mama ɛn papa dɛn kin wɔri ɔltɛm bɔt sik frɔm we dɛn yɔŋ, i kin afɛkt pikin dɛn bak.
• Fɔ gɛt jɛnɛtik chenj/myuteshɔn wae de inkrisayz di risk fɔ gɛt dizayd wae gɛt fɔ du wit wɔri: Dɛn dɔn si bak sɔm jɛnɛtik tin dɛm wae kin afɛkt di divɛlɔpmɛnt fɔ dis kayn frayd.

Us ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin fred we gɛt fɔ du wit nosophobia?

Pɔrsin wae gɛt wan frayd kin gɛt sɔm ɔda frayd frayd wae gɛt fɔ du wit am. Dis nɔto tin we nɔ kɔmɔn. Pɔsin we gɛt nosophobia kin gɛt ɔda tin dɛn bak we i kin fred lɛk:

• Carcinophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ gɛt kansa.
• Cardiophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ gɛt at sik ɔr at atak.
• Fɔ lɛk pɔsin we gɛt bɔdi: .Fɔ fred fɔ gɛt sik dɛn na yu skin.
• Hemophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ si blɔd.
• Famakofobia: Fɔ fred fɔ tek mɛrɛsin.
• Thanatophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ day.
• Trypanophobia: Fɔ fred fɔ nidul.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ Nosophobia?

Pipul wae gɛt nosophobia kin tɛmpt fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɔltɛm ɛn du mɛdikal tɛst. Ɔ, sɔm pipul dɛn kin avɔyd dɔktɔ bikɔs dɛn de fred se dɛn go tɛl dɛn se dɛn gɛt sik. Dɛn kɔl dis iatrophobia . Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin fil se dɔktɔ dɛn nɔ kin bisin bɔt di sayn dɛn we dɛn kin gɛt ɛn di tin dɛn we de mɔna dɛn.

Na sɔm sayn dɛm fɔ nosophobia:

• Fɔ avɔyd ples dɛn we pipul dɛn kin bɔku ɛn sɔm ples dɛn fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt sik: Pipul dɛn kin ivin stɔp fɔ travul, dɛn kin tink se, ‘If a go de, a go gɛt da sik de.’
• Fɔ de luk ɔltɛm na di intanɛt ɛn na buk fɔ wan patikyula sik ɛn in sayn dɛm: Dɛn kin spɛn ɔl di de fɔ fɛn ɛn rid bɔt di sik we dɛn de fred.
• Fɔ wɔri pasmak bɔt pɔsin in wɛlbɔdi: Yu kin wɔri ɛn wɔri bɔt ivin di smɔl smɔl tin dɛn.
• Fɔ tink pasmak ivin nɔmal bɔdi prɔses lɛk at rit, ɛn wɔri bɔt tin dɛm lɛk "A nɔ no if dis na sayn fɔ lɔng kansa" ivin we a gɛt kɔf.
• Fɔ tɔk pasmak bɔt dɛn sik ɛn wɛl bɔdi biznɛs wit ɔda pipul dɛm: Dɛn kin tɛl ɔlman wae dɛn mit bɔt dɛn sik ɛn frayd.
• Chek ɔltɛm fɔ si if yu gɛt sayn dɛn we de sho se yu sik, lɛk fɔ mɛzhɔ blɔd prɛshɔn ɛn fɔ chɛk fɔ si if yu gɛt fiva.
• Ɔltɛm fɔ aks ɔda pipul dɛn fɔ mek dɛn gɛt kɔrej bɔt dɛn sik ɔr wɛl bɔdi: Aks kwɛstyɔn lɛk, "Dis nɔto big tin to mi, nɔto so? Dis dɔn apin to yu bak?"
• Fɔ fil nɔr kɔmfyut ɔr frayd fɔ ivin nɔrmal bɔdi prɔses lɛk fɔ pas gas ɛn fɔ swet.

Aw fɔ no di Nosophobia?

Bifo yu tink se yu gɛt nosophobia , dɔktɔ dɛn kin tray ɔltɛm fɔ no if yu rili gɛt sik. Dɛn go aks yu bɔrku kwɛstyɔn bɔt yu sik ɛn dɛn kin du sɔm tɛst bak fɔ mek shɔ se yu nɔr rili gɛt sik.

Di American Psychiatric Association ’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) de ɛp pipul dɛm wae sabi bɔt mɛntɛl hεlth, lɛk sayɛnsman dɛm, fɔ no bɔt tin dɛm lɛk fɔ fred bay wae yu de fil ɛn aw dɛn kin afɛkt yu layf. No patikyula tɛst nɔ de fɔ nosophobia. Bɔt yu dɔktɔ kin yuz tin dɛm lɛk standad kwɛshɔn fɔ ɔndastand aw yu de fred ɛn yu rial risk fɔ gɛt dis sik.

Wan men tin wae de sho se pɔrsin nɔr de fil bad na fɔ frayd ɔltɛm fɔ gɛt ɔr gɛt wan patikyula sik. If dɛn sik ya de fɔ siks mɔnt ɔ mɔr, ivin afta dɛn dɔn du mɛdikal tɛst fɔ no se yu nɔr gɛt dis sik, yu dɔktɔ kin no se yu gɛt dis frayd frayd.

Wetin na di we fɔ pul di nosophobia?

Pɔsin we sabi bɔt mɛntɛl hεlth kin ɛp yu fɔ lɛf dis frayd fɔ sik. Yu kin bɛnifit frɔm tritmɛnt dɛn lɛk:

• Kɔgnitiv Biɛvhɔral Tɛrapi (CBT): Dis na wan kayn saykotɛrapi. CBT de ɛp yu fɔ ɔndastand wetin mek yu de tink ɛn fil di we aw yu de fil bɔt sik ɛn yu wɛl bɔdi. Dɔn, yu kin lan aw fɔ chenj dɛn tin dɛn de we yu de tink ɛn biev. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, i de ɛp yu fɔ no di we aw yu de tink di rayt we ɛn kɔrɛkt am.

• Ɛksposhɔn Tɛrapi: Na ya, di pɔsin we de mɛn yu kin tich yu difrɛn we dɛn fɔ rilaks. Dɔn, smɔl smɔl, we yu go ebul fɔ kɔntrol, yu kin gɛt nyuz ɛn infɔmeshɔn bɔt di sik. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu de fred fɔ gɛt kansa, yu kin rid wan shɔt atikul bɔt am fɔs, dɔn yu kin rid wan big wan, ɛn insay da tɛm de, dɛn go tich yu aw fɔ kɔntrol yu fred.

• Hypnotherapy: Hypnotherapy de yuz guided rilaks teknik fɔ ɛp yu fɔ chenj yu tink bɔt sik ɛn yu wɛl bɔdi prɔblɛm. I tan lɛk we pɔsin de hipnosis.

• Mɛrɛsin dɛm: Sɔntɛnde, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu mɛrɛsin wae de mek yu nɔr wɔri ɛn mɛrɛsin wae de mek yu fil bad fɔ ɛp fɔ kɔntrol yu sik wae yu de gɛt dɛn tritmɛnt ya. If yu kɔntinyu fɔ yuz yu ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn, yu nɔ go nid dɛn mɛrɛsin ya igen.

Wetin na di kɔmplikɛshɔn dɛm wae de kam wit nosophobia?

We yu de wɔri bɔt yu wɛlbɔdi ɔltɛm , dat kin mek yu strɛs we yu nɔ nid . I kin afɛkt yu bɔdi ɛn maynd bad bad wan. Nosophobia kin ivin mek yu nɔ gɛt valyu tɛm wit di wan dɛn we yu lɛk bikɔs yu de wɔri tumɔs bɔt yu sik.

Nosophobia kin mek ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn, lɛk:

• Pwɛl hat ɛn tink bɔt fɔ kil yusɛf.
• Faynanshɛl prɔblɛm dɛn bikɔs dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ go wok ɛn dɛn spɛnd fɔ du mɛdikal tɛst dɛn we nɔ nid fɔ du.
• Panik atak ɛn panik disɔda.
• Risk fɔ lɛ yu lɔs yu wok.
• Mɛdikal tɛst dɛn we nɔ nid fɔ du ɛn di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we dɛn tɛst dɛn de.
• Disɔda fɔ yuz sɔbstans.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm:

• If pɔsin we gɛt panik atak wantɛm wantɛm.
• If yu gɛt pwɛl hat ɔltɛm wae de ambɔg yu ɛvride layf ɔr slip.
• If yu gɛt sayn dɛm fɔ pwɛl hat ɔr prɔblɛm wit sɔm kayn mɛrɛsin.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn yu kin aks yu dɔktɔ?

Yu kin aks yu dɔktɔ kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Wetin mek a gɛt dis kayn fred?
• Us tritmɛnt we bɛtɛ fɔ mi?
• Aw lɔng a go gɛt fɔ du tɛrapi?
• A kin gɛt ɛp frɔm mɛrɛsin?

Di impɔtant tin dɛn we yu nid fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Infakt, wit di COVID-19 pandemik ɛn di bɔku bɔku infɔmeshɔn (gud ɛn bad) na di intanɛt, i pɔsibul se di fred fɔ sik de bɔku. Ɛspɛshali di tɛm we pandemik de, ɔ if yu gɛt tin dɛn we kin mek yu gɛt wan sik, i impɔtant fɔ tek stɛp fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm we yu gɛt. Bɔt fɔ wɔri ɔltɛm bɔt aw yu go sik nɔ go fayn fɔ yu bɔdi ɔ yu maynd. If yu gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk nosophobia , yu dɔktɔ kin ɛp yu fɔ win dɛn ɛn gɛt bɛtɛ wɛlbɔdi. Nɔ fred, aks fɔ ɛp. Nɔto yu wan de.

Mɛmba se, i impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn no bɔt yu, go to dɔktɔ if nid de, ɛn liv gladi at, pas fɔ fred sik we yu nɔ nid.

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