570 Index (Yellow Pages)
Danger signs (continued)
kidney infection, 367
kidney stones, 369
medicines, allergy to, 477
medicines, taking too much, 479
mental illness (psychosis), 432
miscarriage, 98, 235
pelvic inflammatory disease, 274
pneumonia, 304
polyps, 380
respiration (breathing rate), 531
shock, 254, 461, 545
spoiled foods, 156
sugar sickness (diabetes), 174
syphilis, 270
tetanus, 461
from the pill, 210
trauma reactions, 420–421
of tuberculosis (TB), 389
unsafe abortion, 241, 246–247
violence against women, 318, 325
withdrawal from alcohol or other
drugs, 441
(Also see Health risks; Solving
health problems; specific signs)
Date rape, 62, 328
avoiding, 330–331
Death
accepting, 137
from AIDS, 309
from alcohol and other drugs, 438
of baby, 99
from cancer, 385
from cancer of the cervix, 379
during pregnancy or childbirth,
101–103
mental health and, 417
Mira’s story, 9–11
pressure sores and, 142
from syphilis, 270
from tuberculosis (TB), 387
from unsafe abortion, 3, 241
(Also see Violence against women)
Debt, poor countries and, 8
Decayed teeth, 154
Dehydration
from burns, 539
rectal fluids, giving, 541
rehydration drink, 540
shock, treating with fluids, 540–541
signs, 298
(Also see Water)
Dementia (mental confusion)
in older women, 135
in persons with AIDS, 308
Dengue fever, spread of, 151
Dependence (See Alcohol; Drugs;
Tobacco)
Depo Provera, 214, 215
Depression
in older women, 135
in people with HIV, 296
signs, 419
suicide, 419, 431
(Also see Feelings)
DES (diethylstilbestrol), cancer
risks from, 471
Desire
lack of, 188
in women for sex, 185
Dexamethasone, 498
for allergic reactions, 483, 545
Diabetes (See Sugar sickness)
Diagnosis (See Danger signs;
Exams and tests; Solving
health problems; specific signs)
Diaphragms
after abortion, 250
effectiveness of, 201
overview, 205
for sex workers, 346
spermicides, 206
using, 205
women with disabilities and, 145
Diarrhea
in babies, 119
pain in belly with fever and, 355
in persons with HIV, 298–299
Diazepam, 498
giving during a seizure, 87
Dicloxacillin, 498
for breast infection, 117
for burns, 539
overview, 480
for wounds and sores, 307
Diet, 164–179
baby’s first foods, 107, 110
cleanliness, importance of, 150
disease and poor nutrition, 172–175
during breastfeeding, 109, 167–169,
171
during menopause, 124, 171
during pregnancy, 68, 167–169, 171
emergency food distribution, 449
family, feeding first, 171
food safety, 156–157
of girls compared to boys, 171
girls’ health and, 53, 171
harmful ideas, 171
helper foods, 166
HIV and, 285, 291
importance of good food, 165
improving nutrition, 176–179
low-cost foods, 170
main foods, 166
medicines and food, 478
for new mother, 96
for older women, 126
Diet (continued)
packaged foods, 170
poor nutrition, 2
poverty and, 165, 170
for pressure sore prevention, 142
problems from eating wrong,
174–175
problems with mouth or throat and,
304–305
quitting alcohol and, 441
for refugees and displaced women,
449
selecting foods, 157
for sick people, 171
signs of spoiled foods, 156
storing food, 157, 177
vitamins and minerals, 167–170
for weak blood (anemia), 73
weak bones and, 133
(Also see Breastfeeding)
Diethylstilbestrol (DES), cancer
risks from, 471
Digestion, stress and, 421
Dilation and curettage (D&C)
abortion, 38, 244, 248
Diphenhydramine, 499
for allergic reactions, 483, 545
Disabled Village Children, 138,
366
Disabled women (See Women
with disabilities)
Discharge from nipple, 382
Discharge from penis, 267
Discharge from vagina
abnormal, 265–268
bad-smelling after abortion, 256
bad-smelling after childbirth, 97
pelvic inflammatory disease,
274–275
Disease (See Illness; Preventing
illness)
Disinfecting equipment and tools,
526–529
bandages, 529
gloves, 529
high-level disinfection, 526–528
needles, 528
storing tools, 528
Displaced women (See Refugees
and displaced women)
Dizziness
anemia and, 172
from chemicals, 402
during pregnancy, 73
high blood pressure and, 130
from medicines, 479
Domestic workers, 409
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