overcoming fear of doctors

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ds(5) is absolutly petrifed of goin to the doctors,hes crying and screaming even before we leave house or get into the surgery.once in with doctor he will,kick,cry,hide under chair and wont come out,he has even bitten me to let him go.
Ive tried reassuring him that they are not there to hurt him but to make him better also tried bribary,nothing works.
Anyone have any tips?

Get him a doctor set and let him practise on his toys?

Never tell him something won't hurt when you know it will.

Tell him things will hurt a bit but will make him better.
Take a toy to the surgery and have the doctor do everything to the toy first.

We had this with DS aged 3. Our HV offered to give us a tour after hours, worked a treat! She had chocolate buttons on hand and stickers etc, he had a go with the equipment. Very helpful.

Some things we've found helpful were looking at doctor videos on youtube, books about doctors like this one, going with his older sister to observe, and playing with a doctor set.

Ooo that sounds great,ill have to go see our hv next week,i think he would enjoy a tour,also seen a topsy and tim book in local book shop,ill give that ago too,thank u for ideas.had very bad experience today,i ended up bitten and punched in face several times when dr tried to examine him.so embarrassing for dr too