566 Index (Yellow Pages)
Ampicillin, 491
for burns, 538
for fever during birth, 86
for infection after abortion,
256–257
for womb infection, 97
overview, 480
Anal sex, 185, 187, 189
Anemia (See Weak blood)
Angry cat exercise, 71
Antibiotics, 480–481
families of, 480–481
importance of, 480
the pill and, 209
for STIs, 264, 347
using only when necessary, 481
for wounds and sores, 307
(Also see Medicines)
Antibodies, HIV, 288
Antihistamines, for allergic
shock, 544
Antiretrovirals (See ART)
Anus, 44
Anxiety, 420
in older women, 135
(Also see Feelings)
Appetite (See Hunger)
Areola, 45
Armpit, taking the temperature,
530
Arms, weakness in, 210 ART,
antiretroviral therapy, 291,
292, 336, 517–521
drug resistance and, 291, 517
for preventing mother-to-child
transmission, 292–293, 520
for rape, 521
regimens, 519
side effects, 518–519
specific medicines, 519–520
Arthritis, 133, 174
Aspirin, 492
for abortion, 471
for burns (pain), 538, 539
cautions about dosage, 133
for joint and muscle pain, 133
overview, 482
Assault (See Rape;Violence
against women)
Azithromycin, 492
overview, 480
for STIs, 268, 271, 347
AZT, 292, 519–520
B
Babies
burping, 107
care at birth, 83
care just after birth, 95
checking position, 77, 81
child-spacing, 110, 160
danger signs at birth, 94, 95
death of, 99
DES caution, 471
early, 94, 118
first foods for, 107, 110
herpes and, 272
HIV and, 292–293, 520
holding during breastfeeding, 108
infertility, 228–237
losing (miscarriage), 98, 234–235
not breathing at birth, 94
open (cleft) lip or palate, 118
preventing mother-to-child
transmission of HIV, 520
sex of, 46
sick, breastfeeding, 119
small, 94, 118
STIs and problems in, 276
syphilis and, 270
TB in mother, 390
tetanus in newborn, 95
waiting to have, 58
in wrong position, 72, 75, 85, 90
yellow (jaundice), 118
(Also see Breastfeeding;
Childbirth; Children; Family
planning; Pregnancy)
Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG)
vaccine, 390, 391
Back pain
from work with crafts, 406
during pregnancy, 71
exercises to prevent, 71, 400
kidney infection and, 367
lifting and carrying heavy loads,
398–400
in older women, 132
Bacterial vaginosis, 266, 268
Balls (See Testicles)
Bandages, disinfecting, 529
Barrier methods of family
planning
after abortion, 250
choosing a method, 200, 224
condoms, 60, 61, 128, 145, 189-
190, 192–193, 202–203, 279,
280
diaphragms, 145, 205, 279
effectiveness of, 201
female condoms, 190, 193, 204,
279
overview, 200, 202
(Also see Condoms; Diaphragms;
Female condoms)
Bartholin gland infection, 276
Battered women (See Violence
against women)
BCA (See Bichloroacetic acid)
BCG (See Bacille Calmette-
Guerin vaccine)
Beatings (See Violence against
women)
Belly pain (See Abdomen pain)
Bending safely, 399
Benzathine penicillin, 493
for genital sores, 270
overview, 480
Benzylpenicillin, 493
overview, 480
for tetanus in newborns, 95
Beriberi, 173
Betel (See Drugs)
Bichloracetic acid (BCA), for
genital warts, 269
Bilharzia, 369
Biopsy, 378-379, 383
Birth canal (See Vagina)
Birth control (See Family
planning)
Birth (See Childbirth)
Bladder control problems,
372–373
Bladder infection, 366–368
(Also see Urine system problems)
Bladder (man’s), 46
Bladder stones, 369
Blame
abuse and, 317, 318
for rape, 327
Bleach, disinfecting solution, 527
Bleeding
blood in sputum, 389
blood in urine, 369
HIV contagion and, 285
Bleeding from vagina
after abortion, 251, 363, 483
after childbirth, 84, 92–93, 97, 362,
483, 547
after female genital cutting, 461
after menopause, 129, 363, 381
after miscarriage, 98, 235, 363
after sex, 363
before baby is born, 85, 362
danger signs, 359
during pregnancy, 73, 74, 362
during sex, 274
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