Amid COVID-19 vaccine distribution, family medicine physician advises patients on fear of needles

STOCKBRIDGE – The administration of COVID-19 vaccines may eventually bring an end to the pandemic, but, for the millions of Americans who suffer from a fear of needles, it also brings a new level of anxiety to an already challenging health crisis.

Sabrina Wyllie-Adams, M.D., a Piedmont Healthcare family medicine physician in Stockbridge, said the fear, also known as trypanophobia, is common, even in adults. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 25 percent of adults in the U.S. have a fear of needles.