What is Phobia of Blood?

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Dr Anshul Maheshwari

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The term for the irrational fear of blood is hemophobia. It falls under the category of Âspecific phobiaÂ with the specifier of blood-injection-injury (BII) phobia in the new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).

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