DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS & RELATED SYMPTOMS
Idiopathic Cranio-Facial Erythema is severe case of blushing. Intense blushing, often for no apparent reason.
Erythrophobia
Definition: Erythrophobia / Erytophobia / Ereuthophobia Refers to an abnormal and persistent fear of red, red lights, or blushing. (Blushing Phobia)
Social phobia - a type of anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and persistent anxiety in social and performance situations.
- Sensation of heat in the face.
- Shame and embarrassment.
- Avoidance of eye contact.
- Avoidance of any possible triggers, including meeting new people or talking in front of groups, for fear going red.
Erythrophobia
Definition: Erythrophobia / Erytophobia / Ereuthophobia Refers to an abnormal and persistent fear of red, red lights, or blushing. (Blushing Phobia)
Social phobia - a type of anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and persistent anxiety in social and performance situations.
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Fears
- Blushing
- Shaking sweating
- Situations most commonly feared by individuals with Social Phobia include:
- Being introduced
- Meeting people in authority
- Using the telephone when others are around or in a crowded place
- Receiving visitors
- Being watched doing something
- Being teased or criticized
- Eating at home with family
- Eating or speaking in public
- Writing in front of others
- Using public toilets or transport
- Being in social situations where they may say or do foolish things
- Being in situations where they may blush or appear anxious
- Shopping centers, malls and department stores
- Standing in lines or queues.
Hyperhidrosis - a disorder characterized by excessive sweating. A person with hyperhidrosis can sweat heavily enough to soak their clothes. Once again, an overactive sympathetic nervous system is thought to be the cause, which explains why some people who have idiopathic cranio-facial erythema suffer from hyperhidrosis as well.
