574 Index (Yellow Pages)
Headaches (continued)
from stress, 421
from the pill, 210
Health care skills, 525–547
abdomen exam, 534
acupressure massage, 546–547
blood pressure, 532–533
burns, 538–539
disinfecting equipment and tools,
526–529
injections, 542–545
pelvic exam, 535–537
pulse, taking, 531
respiration (breathing rate), 531
shock, treating with fluids, 540–541
temperature, taking, 530
Health center or hospital
breastfeeding and, 119, 121
for cancer of the cervix, 377
childbirth and, 72, 85–86, 88, 89, 93,
101
female genital cutting and TBAs, 467
getting better care, 36–37
health centers, 34
hospitals, 35, 38–39
medical system, 33–35
PID and, 274
for tetanus in newborn, 95
for fistula, 371
Health exams, 159
Health Handbook for Women
with Disabilities, A, 138
Health, maintaining (See
Preventing illness)
Health risks
from alcohol and drugs, 438–439
for bottle-fed babies, 106
for cancer, 376
for cancer of the cervix, 377
for cancer of the womb, 381
chemicals, work with, 402–403
from crafts, 406
cycle of poor health, 5
diet and, 53
domestic workers, 409
during pregnancy, 59, 67, 72–74, 197
female genital cutting, 3, 460–467
from frequent pregnancies, 3, 5
general medical problems, 4
heavy loads, lifting and carrying,
398–400
from hormone replacement therapy
(HRT), 124
from medicines, 471
mental health, 4, 416–418, 433
poverty, 6
from rape, 336–337
Health risks (continued)
reproductive health problems, 3
of sex workers, 344–347
smoke and health problems,
394–397
STIs, 3, 60, 61, 262–263
from treatments, 24–25
unsafe abortion, 3, 241
washer-woman’s hands, 409
water, work with, 401
for women, 2–5
from work, 4, 406
(Also see Danger signs; Violence
against women)
Health,“women’s” (See
“Women’s” health)
Health workers
disinfecting equipment and tools,
526–529
helping women help themselves,
30–31
infertility, helping with, 237
medicine guidelines, 470
overview, 34
preventing HIV, 311
preventing infection, 525–529
rape and, 335
for refugees and displaced women,
452, 453
sex workers and, 351
violence against women and, 325
washing your hands, 526
(Also see Health care skills;
Midwives)
Hearing
loss in older women, 134
ringing in ears, 130, 479
Heartbeat
fast, 172, 254, 531
drug and alcohol withdrawal, 441
normal, 531
slow, 531
stops, 173
stress and, 421
taking the pulse, 531
Heartburn
during pregnancy, 69
from taking medicines, 477
Heart disease
overweight and, 174
the pill and, 208
from syphilis, 270
Hemorrhage (See Bleeding)
Hemorrhoids (piles), during
pregnancy, 70
Hepatitis
hepatitis B, 277, 376, 384
injections and, 538
the pill and, 208
Hepatitis (continued)
signs, 277, 402
treatment, 277
vaccine, 503
Herbicides
mental health and, 418
pregnancy and, 68
Heroin (See Drugs)
Herpes
genital, 272–273
zoster (shingles), 301
High blood pressure
defined, 532
in older women, 130
overweight and, 174
the pill and, 209
pregnancy risks, 72
signs, 130
from stress, 421
treatment, 130
what the numbers mean, 532
(Also see Blood pressure)
High-level disinfection, 526–528
HIV and AIDS, 282–311
AIDS, described, 284
ART (Antiretroviral therapy), 291,
292, 336, 517–521
breastfeeding and, 106, 285, 293
caring for persons with HIV or AIDS,
294–295
causes in women, 283, 285, 286
CD4 count, 517
childbirth and, 285, 292, 293, 520
common medical problems,
297–308
cotrimoxazole and, 296, 299
coughing, 303
counseling, 289
death and dying, 309
diarrhea, 298–299
drug misuse and, 438
feelings about, 289, 290, 294, 296,
309, 311
fever, 297
HIV, described, 284
HIV test, 288–290, 292, 347
living with, 290–291
medicines to prevent infection, 296
mental confusion (dementia), 308
mouth and throat problems,
304–305
nausea and vomiting, 302
older men and, 64
overview, 277, 284
pain, 308
partner infected with, 290
pneumonia and, 304
pregnancy and, 285, 292, 520
preventing, 286–287, 295, 309–311
preventing infections with medicines,
296
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