title: Vasovagal syncope evoked by needle phobia when inserting a contact lens.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a patient who fell unconscious because of vasovagal syncope evoked by needle phobia when he tried to wear contact lenses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 16-year-old healthy boy had sometimes experienced dizziness when looking at the tips of pens. When he put his finger and the lens close to his eye to insert a soft contact lens, he felt sick and dizzy and fell unconscious.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our experience suggests that patients with needle phobia may develop vasovagal syncope by concentrating on a fingertip when inserting a contact lens. We need to be aware of unconsciousness because of phobia when trying to insert contact lenses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1- Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655 Japan. mimurat-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.forename: Hideharu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Funatsu
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamagami
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Araie
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003261:Contact Lenses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D019462:Syncope, Vasovagal / Q000523:psychology*