AILUROPHOBIA?

By:NOOR FARAHANI BT MOHD LAZIM

DEFINITION It is the persistent, irrational fear of CATS.

From Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros), "cat" and φόβος (phóbos), "fear".

SYMPTONS CAUSES

•Excessive sweating•Shaking•Inability to speak or think clearly•Becoming mad •Dry mouth•Nausea•Heart palpitations

•have frightening experience involving cats•the belief that cats are related to evil or black magic•transmitted to a child by another person

TREATMENT OF AILUROPHOBIA

Looking at photos of cats Watching videos about cats Viewing a cat through a window Being in the same room as a cat that is

restrained on a leash or in a wire cage And finally, being in a room with a free

roaming cat Flooding-sudden exposure of the object of

phobia(not recommended)