Raelene has overcome her needle phobia, although she still has some lingering anxiety about having IV lines after a traumatic experience having one inserted. It's problematic, she says ...

But a recent Oxford University survey of more than 15,000 adults in the UK suggests needle phobia accounts for about 10% of Covid vaccine hesitancy. More than 68% of 18 to 29-year-olds in England ...

Needle phobia, a condition officially recognized by the American Psychiatric Association in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, affects up to 10% of the population and is ...

Inserting intravenous needles triggers her needle phobia, but she has persevered. In that Walker's education requires that she continually face her phobia, it resembles, in some ways, the therapy ...

"I survived the two iv's they put in your arm. I'm so proud of myself! needles are a top 3 fear of mine." La La Anthony's IG story after therapeutic plasma exchange [Credit: IG/@lala] La La ...

About half of those who fear needles have trypanophobia, an intense fear that can result in nausea, dizziness, panic attacks, and fainting. The phobia usually develops by the time someone is 10 ...