Symptoms of AIDS phobia

As the name suggests, AIDS phobia is the fear of contracting AIDS. AIDS has occurred frequently around us in recent years. Due to the low cure rate of AIDS, it has caused panic among many people. But as long as you pay attention to your daily life, there will be no problem. People who suffer from AIDS phobia not only worry about contracting AIDS themselves, but also pay attention to the people around them, worrying that they will also get it. Let’s find out.

Symptoms of AIDS phobia

Compulsion : It manifests as repeated thinking about the symptoms of AIDS and what behaviors one has done in the past that may have led to AIDS infection. You can't control your thoughts and may also exhibit compulsive behaviors, such as repeatedly washing your hands and being particularly sensitive to blood.

Suspicion : The patient not only suspects that he or she is infected with AIDS, but also suspects that everyone around him or her is an AIDS patient. They worry day and night that they will be infected by people around them, and some patients are even worried that their family members will be infected.

Doubt : Patients with AIDS phobia will not only have doubts, but also show strange and doubtful behaviors. For example, once in a crowded place, they are afraid of being infected with AIDS, so they refuse to have any contact with others. They are even more afraid of wounds and blood, and behave very jumpy. Some patients have more serious conditions and refuse to go out or participate in group activities.

Anxiety : Most people who suffer from AIDS phobia have had high-risk premarital or extramarital sexual behaviors, which causes them to always worry about being infected with AIDS. In addition, these patients have only a vague understanding of AIDS, and therefore exaggerate the infectiousness of AIDS, or take possible symptoms of AIDS as specific symptoms of AIDS, matching them one by one with their own feelings, and thus falling into deep fear.

How to get rid of AIDS phobia

Many AIDS fears are caused by ignorance and are nonsensical, so establishing correct cognition is very important in the process of getting rid of fear and is also the first step. AIDS is not a highly contagious disease. It is weakly contagious and can only be transmitted when unique transmission conditions are met. HIV does not survive long outside the body (such as on the surface of the human body) and cannot reproduce.

Once again reminding people not to spread HIV

1. General contact with HIV/AIDS patients, such as shaking hands, hugging, eating together, sharing work tools, office supplies, coins, etc., will not cause infection.

2. It will not be transmitted through public facilities such as toilet seats, telephones, tableware, bedding, swimming pools or public baths.

3. Coughing, sneezing, and mosquito bites will not cause HIV infection.