Management of adult SCTs
SCTs are very rare in adults, and as a rule these tumors are benign and have extremely low potential for malignancy. This estimation of potential is based on the idea that because the tumor existed for decades prior to diagnosis, without becoming malignant, it has little or no potential to ever become malignant. For this reason, and because coccygectomy in adults has greater risks than in babies, some surgeons prefer not to remove the coccyx of adult survivors of SCT. There are case reports of good outcomes. See also
Sacrococcygeal symphysis

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With respect to specific activating events, conditioning is one way that stimuli become able to elicit anxiety. It is believed that these changes are controlled by the vagus nerve, which affects activity in the chest and abdomen. Accordingly, painful experiences can condition fear to blood-injury stimuli. Investigators typically classify around 60% of self-reported onsets of blood-injury phobia as beginning with conditioning experiences. However, examinations of available case-by-case verbal summaries call into question the conclusion that conditioning episodes are as prevalent as reported. For example, Thyer et al. (1985) identified a conditioning episode when a "patient received an injection at age 13 and fainted", and in another person when "at age six she heard her elementary school teacher give a talk on the circulatory system. This frightened the patient to the point of syncope." Symptoms
Physical
Rapid heart rate
Trouble breathing
Shaking or trembling
Tightness or pain in chest
Lightheadedness
Sweating
Hot or cold flashes
Violation

Emotional
Extreme feelings of anxiety or panic
Overwhelming need to escape situations involving blood
Feeling as if you will die or pass out
Concerned that you have lost control
Feeling powerless over your fear

Treatment
The standard approach to treatment is the same as with other phobias—cognitive-behavioral therapy, desensitization, and possibly medications  to help with the anxiety and discomfort. In recent years, the technique known as applied tension, applying tension to the muscles in an effort to increase blood pressure, has increasingly gained favor as an often effective treatment for blood phobia associated with drops in blood pressure and fainting.Because the fear of blood is extremely common, it is frequently exploited in popular culture.