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Are you familiar with the word trypanophobia? Here, adept tips on how to overcome this worried some situation. Working as an Outpatient Department Charge Nurse means administering injections is a routine task. In this role, I have encountered a lot of patients who have an irrational fear of needles and have sought means to overcome this fear.

My understanding of the plight of these patients stems from witnessing a good number of them in their hysterical moments. Characteristically, a patient could go from talking about his or her fear of medical procedures like taking a flu shot to passing out during or after the process. A typical instance remains my encounter during my service year in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

Being a member of the NYSC Orientation Camp medical team, I was required to collect blood samples from corps members. One of them, Sarah, verbalised her fear beforehand and I regarded it as a prime moment to educate her on how to deal with this intense fear.

Guess what? It was a failed attempt.

I needed just 3mls of blood from her for an urgent laboratory test. Apparently, as there wasn’t enough time to complete counselling, I implored her not to look at or pay attention to the procedure. Sadly enough, curiosity got the better part of her so much so that before I withdrew the needle, after aspirating, her hands felt cold – she had passed out and almost hit her head on the examination bench!!!

I was perplexed!

There was an immediate emergency response. I stopped the procedure and began rescusitation. Within moments, she regained consciousness.

Now, that was a terrifying experience for me as a young nurse but thankfully, I have since understood the art of allaying patient’s fear and anxiety especially with regards to phobia for needles/injections.

Too many times, overcoming this fear isn’t a big deal to some persons but to others, even when life depends on it, it remains a herculean task.

Today’s post promises useful tips to help with this phobia whether as an individual, a nurse seeking to help patients, a concerned parent, a supportive friend who knows someone that needs daily insulin shots to survive and many more

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