photophonophobia

English

Alternative forms

• phonophotophobia

Etymology

photo- +‎ phono- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

photophonophobia (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Excessive sensitivity to light and sound; abnormal fear of light and sound.
   • 2004, Stewart J. Tepper, Understanding Migraine and Other Headaches, Univ. Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 9:

     Some people have some nausea or photophonophobia just as the headache begins. Others wake up with a full-blown migraine, sometimes vomiting, sometimes just nauseated.

   • 2014, Stewart J. Tepper, Deborah Tepper, The Cleveland Clinic Manual of Headache Therapy: Second Edition, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 24:

     As many as 50% of patients with TACs will refer their symptoms of photophonophobia to the ipsilateral, painful side, in contrast to migraineurs, who usually complain of bilateral light and sound sensitivity.

   • 2015, Charles Miller, Pathology-Anatomic Specialty Review and Study Guide: A Series from StatPearls, StatPearls Publishing, LLC

     A 16-year-old male is brought in for recurrent unilateral throbbing headaches with associated visual aura, nausea, vomiting, and photophonophobia.

Anagrams

• phonophotophobia