For a long time, medicine was a men-only sphere where women's bodies were believed to be inherently flawed, and childbirth came to be considered an undignified, frightening and dangerous procedure to be endured and maybe survive.
Rates are higher among those having surgery or treatment in the intensive care unit, where nothing is familiar, there is no difference between night and day, sleep is often disrupted, and patients are subjected to frightening noises, equipment and procedures.
Seeing someone in a hospital with tubes coming out of them or watching paramedics perform lifesaving procedures may be frightening for a small child, so it's necessary for adults to appreciate how scary things might look to them.
This medical procedure would be frightening.
Change is always frightening until it becomes standard operating procedure".
Another commented that the procedure is "a little bit frightening for them, because they're not females themselves" (M7r119).
Acute distress may be caused by life-threatening illness, real events and medical procedures in critical care, or by frightening psychological experiences such as hallucinations or delusions, that are commonly experienced there [ 2].
Procedures that are routine for staff may be 'strange, frightening intrusions' for women [ 21].
Advanced techniques that promise less invasive procedures and a swifter recovery make surgery seem less frightening, especially for first time patients.
It's a relatively common procedure for injecting high doses of antibiotics, though it comes with frightening risks of infection.
