What phobia is a fear of getting sick?

Answer 1

Emetophobia is the fear of vomiting. That is most likely the fear you have when you are afraid of the stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis). Educating yourself about stomach flu facts can help decrease your fear.

Answer 2

There are many terms that describe fears relating to being sick, or illness. Please note that although some terms may be widely used, they may or may not be true phobias in a medical context, merely aversions for which names have been given by various sources.

Aeronausiphobia* - fear of air sickness, or vomiting on an airplane

Albuminurophobia* - fear of kidney disease

Asthenophobia - fear of fainting or weakness

Carcinophobia - fear of cancer

Emetophobia - fear of vomiting

Epistaxiophobia - fear of nosebleeds

Fibriophobia or Febriphobia - fear of fever

Leprophobia - fear of leprosy

Mysophobia - fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs

Tuberculophobia - fear of tuberculosis

* On Wikipedia list of 'Invented Phobias'

Answer 3

Emetophobia...its the fear of vomiting, watching other's vomit or just being scared of vomit istelf. I suppose it would go for "sickness" as well, not just vomiting.

Answer 4

germaphobia

Answer 5

Emetophobia