India, Jan. 13 -- Sounds such as the clicking of a pen or loud breathing irritate many people, but some more than others. While it is generally brushed off as a whim, the more intense cases are likely to be diagnosed medically as misophonia.

Taking to Instagram on January 13, Dr Kunal Sood, a Maryland-based physician in Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Medicine, explained the condition and shared its possible treatments.

According to Dr Sood, if an individual has a strong emotional or physical response to certain sounds, such as the clicking of a pen, loud breathing or chewing, the condition is known as misophonia.

"If you have misophonia, and you hear some of these trigger sounds, you may have feelings of anger, disgust, or anxi...