434 Where There Is No Doctor 2011
Beaded lizard bite, 106
Bedbugs, 200
Bed sores, 13, 214, 420
Beliefs
harmful, 4, 5, 10–11
healing power of, 2
Bell’s Palsy, 327
Belly
actue abdomen, 93–94
examination of, 35–36
lumps in, 280
pain in lower belly, 243
(Also see Gut, Swollen Belly)
Bewitchment, 2, 6, 420
Bilharzia, 146
Biliousness, 329
Birth (See Childbirth)
Birth control (See Family planning)
Birth control pills, 285, 286–289, 393–394, 410
Birth defects, 6, 247, 272, 289, 318–321, 412
Birth kits, 254–255
Birth opening (See Vagina)
Bites
of wild animals (rabies), 181
poisonous, 104–106
that may cause infection, 89
treatment, 86
Bitot’s spots, 226
Black flies, 227–228
Blackheads, 211, 420
Black magic, 5, 24
Black widow spider bite, 106
Bladder, 233
infection, 234, 243
stones, 234, 235
Bleach, 74, 401
Bleeding
and anemia, 124
during menopause, 246
during pregnancy, 249, 281
gums, 107, 231
how to control, 13, 82–83
in an unconscious person, 78
in the whites of the eyes, 225
of the newborn, 272, 337, 392
severe, 82, 243, 246, 264, 281, 404, 410, 414
stopping after birth, 263–266, 337, 390
(Also see Blood)
Blindness, 221–222, 412
from injuries to the eye, 218
night blindness, 113, 226–227
protection for babies, 221, 237, 378
river blindness, 227–228, 377
Blisters
from medicines, 356, 359
from touching certain plants, etc., 204
with burns, 96
with chickenpox, 311
with eczema, 216
Blood
and AIDS, 75, 82–84, 399, 401
clots, 288
coughing up blood, 168
flukes, 146
in stools, 128, 144–146, 157–158, 306, 401
in the urine, 146, 234
in vomit (cirrhosis), 328
in vomit (ulcer), 128
(Also see Bleeding)
Blood pressure, 420
high, 125, 249, 288, 325–326, 394, 411
how to measure, 410–411
low, 77, 411
(Also see Shock)
Blood transfusion, 399, 401
Blueness of skin, lips, and nails, 30
Body-building foods, 110
Boil (abscess), 202, 420
Bones
calcium for, 246
deformities of, 125, 319
hit by a bullet, 90
that have come out of place at a joint, 101
(Also see Broken bones)
Bottle feeding, 120, 154, 296
Bowel movement, 242, 420
(Also see Feces, Stools)
Braces, 315
Brain damage, 319–320
and seizures, 319
from high fever, 76
from tapeworm cysts, 143
Bran, 16, 126, 382
Brand-name medicines, 55, 333, 339, 420
Breakbone fever (See Dengue)
Breast abscess (mastitis), 278, 424
Breast cancer, 279
Breast feeding, w 12, 120–122
and birth control, 285, 289, 294, 394
and good nutrition, 114, 116, 304
and preventing diarrhea, 154, 156
of newborns, 271, 277, 405
traditional beliefs about, 2, 7
(Also see Breasts)
Breasts
care of, 277, 279
swelling of, 278–279
Breathing (respiration), 426
difficulties, 23, 57, 168, 181, 274, 325, 410
hot water vapors 47, 168
of a sick person, 32
rate, 32
stopped, 80
(Also see Lung diseases, Mouth-to-mouth
breathing)
Breech delivery, 257, 268
Broad-spectrum antibiotics, 56, 58, 352, 355–358
Broken bones, 14, 98–99
Bronchitis, 170
Brucellosis (Malta fever), 27, 188
Bubos, 238, 403, 420