Explore: Fear Of Contamination

pathological fear of contamination and germs. It is classified as a type of specific phobia, meaning it is evaluated and diagnosed based on the experience of high

fear of touching Nosophobia, fear of contracting diseases Mysophobia, fear of contamination and germs Philophobia, fear of love Tokophobia, fear of childbirth

generate feelings of anxiety, disgust, or discomfort. Some common obsessions include fear of contamination, obsession with symmetry, the fear of acting blasphemously

Radioactive contamination, also called radiological pollution, is the deposition of, or presence of radioactive substances on surfaces or within solids

the DSM-5, subtypes of OCD exist surrounding different obsessive themes. Common obsessive themes include fear of contamination or of losing control; aggressive

may also cause it, such as fear of open spaces, social embarrassment (social agoraphobia), fear of contamination (fear of germs, possibly complicated

the first to describe this phenomenon in his 2006 book called "Fear of Contamination." Volz, Chloë; Isobel Heyman (June 2007). "Transformation obsession

epidemics of 1833 and 1854 in Pittsburgh, Delany treated patients, even though many doctors and residents fled the city out of fear of contamination. In this

source of air in order to stay alive, needs a relatively humid habitat to grow, and cannot be exposed to large amounts of water for fear of contamination and

roles in the development of both the progressive and conservative traditions, neither side will embrace him for fear of contamination with the other." Historian