ext_20772 ([identity profile] apiphile.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] fahye 2008-03-15 11:00 am (UTC)

Nothing that Derek "Nearly Failed GCSE Simple Science" Des Anges can understand (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T0G-4PB0PVY-R&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=81980517d96dfcd41ae74182cda16dc3). :(

I wonder if it's a sympathetic reaction?

EDIT: Oh, this one makes slightly more sense:

Subjects with blood-injection-injury phobia (cases) had higher lifetime histories of fainting and seizures than those without (non-cases). None reported seeking mental health treatment specifically for phobia. Prevalences were lower in the elderly and higher in females and persons with less education. Cases had significantly higher than expected lifetime prevalences of other psychiatric conditions, including marijuana abuse/dependence, major depression, obsessive–compulsive disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia and other simple phobia. Cases and non-cases did not differ with regard to usual health-care settings, regular care for specific medical conditions, numbers of out-patient visits or hospitalizations, or previous general anaesthesia or live births. However, diabetics with blood-injection-injury phobia had higher than expected rates of macrovascular complications.

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