albuminurophobia

English

Etymology

albuminur(ia) +‎ -o- +‎ -phobia

Noun

albuminurophobia (uncountable)

1. A phobia of renal disease.
   • 1919, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, editors, Medical Record‎^[1], volume 96, W. Wood., page 600:

     In spermatorrhea when albumin is present this is especially true. In nephritic subjects albuminurophobia is often seen and it works adversely on the morale of the patient.

   • 2011 August 1, Jan Resnick, “Far-out Philias and Phobias”, in Psychotherapy in Australia:

     for some reason, there are apparently quite a number of people who suffer from Albuminurophobia—the fear of kidney disease

   • 2020 August 6, Rabea Ahmed Gadelkareem with Nashwa Mostafa Azoz, Ahmed Reda, Ahmed Abdelhamid Shahat, Mohamed Farouk Abdelhafez, Amr Abou Faddan, Mahmoud Farouk, Mohamed Fawzy, Mahmoud Mohammed Osman, and Mohammed Abdallah Elgammal, “Experience of a tertiary-level urology center in the clinical urological events of rare and very rare incidence. III. Psychourological events: 2. Phobia of renal failure due to loin pain”, in African Journal of Urology‎^[2], volume 26, →DOI, archived from the original on 24 November 2021:

     This identification may professionally introduce this mental representation into the clinical practice, because phobia of renal failure may represent a marked psychiatric impact among peoples who have a relative, friend, or a neighbor with CKD or ESRD and on hemodialysis. Clinically, it presents with anxiety disorders such as irrational fear of getting renal failure where it is also known as albuminurophobia.

   • 2020 November 4, Scott M. Brookins, Fear of kidney disease. Albuminurophobia‎^[3]:

     A person doesn’t necessarily need to be in a situation exposed to kidney disease to experience Albuminurophobia.

   • 2021, “Albuminurophobia (Fear of Kidney Disease)”, in Psych Times‎^[4]:

     Although panic attacks may not always be the case for everyone experiencing symptoms of albuminurophobia, it is still possible to occur, especially if their symptoms are very severe.

References

• “albuminurophobia”, in BehaveNet‎^[5], 1995-2021
• “albuminurophobia”, in encyclo.co.uk [English encyclopaedia], 2021
• John G. Robertson (1991 February) “albuminurophobia”, in Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Combining Elements, Eugene, Oregon: Senior Scribe Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 207, →ISBN
• Casalnnie O. Henry (2010-2011) “Albuminurophobia”, in Avoiding the Fear Trap: Learning to Neutralize and Overcome the Power of Fear, Mustang, Oklahoma: Tate Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 242, →ISBN
• Douglas C. Hoover (2008 March) “Albuminurophobia”, in Why Do Bad Things Happen to So-Called "Good" People, Salem Publishing Solutions, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 79, →ISBN