A four-year old's fear of bathrooms??

At the day care where I work, there is one 4-year-old girl who is terrified of going into the bathroom. She pitches a screaming, sobbing fit for no reason I can see.
It takes about 5 minutes for the other kids to use the restroom, and 15 minutes to coax her into going. What can I do? Is this a normal fear??

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I am a special education teacher, and I have worked in pre-school age classrooms over the past twenty-five years. I don't want to scare you, but a lot of young children will act like this when they have been molested. I have actually been teaching children of this age group, and we have had to have medical tests done on the child, to rule out any physical problems that could be causing this fear. Some children that are victims of molestation are molested in bathrooms, and are frightened of it happening. Please, please ask a supervisory person to get a psychologist and/or nurse or doctor involved in this. My heart just jumped into my throat as I read this. Some children are scared of new experiences, but if this is as repetitive as it sounds, there is something else going on. Please get help for this child. Thank you for being an observant child care provider.

she is afraid of felling into toilet else she has a medical problem

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