What types of phobia are there about HIV/AIDS?
• Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning. • Acrophobia, Altophobia – fear of heights. • Agoraphobia, Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder – fear of places or events where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable. • Agraphobia – fear of sexual abuse. • Aichmophobia – fear of sharp or pointed objects (as a needle, knife or a pointing finger). • Algophobia – fear of pain. • Agyrophobia – fear of crossing roads. • Androphobia – fear of men. • Anthropophobia – fear of people or being in a company, a form of social phobia. • Anthophobia – fear of flowers. • Aquaphobia – fear of water. • Astraphobia, Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia – fear of thunder, lightning and storms; especially common in young children. • Aviophobia, Aviatophobia – fear of flying. • Bacillophobia, Bacteriophobia, Microbiophobia – fear of microbes and bacteria. • Blood-injection-injury type phobia – a DSM-IV subtype of specific phobias • Catoptrophobia – fear of mirrors or of one’
