(Yellow Pages) Index 577
Liver
cancer, 384
medicines and liver disease, 477
problems from chemicals, 402
problems from drugs and alcohol,
438
Liver extract injections, 471
Loop, the (See IUDs)
Loss
mental health and, 417, 454
by refugees and displaced women,
454
Love
changing people, 318
violence against women and, 315
Low back pain (See Back pain)
Lower belly pain (See Abdomen
pain)
Lubricants, for condoms, 203
Lumps
abscesses and boils, 307
in breast, 382
in breast during breastfeeding, 116
breast exams, 162
in breast of older women, 129
in tubes or ovaries, 537
(Also see Growths)
Lungs
cancer, 384
chemicals and, 402
pottery making and health, 406
M
Macrolides, 480
Magnesium sulfate, 506
for eclampsia, 87
Malaria
during pregnancy, 74
spread of, 151
using medicines for abortion, 471
Manual vacuum aspiration (MVA)
abortion, 38, 244, 248
Marijuana (See Drugs)
Marriage
virginity and, 185
waiting until ready, 58
Massage, acupressure, 546–547
Mastitis, 116–117, 382
Masturbation, 188
Maternal mortality, 67
Measles, pregnancy and, 68
Measuring medicines, 474–475
Media, gender messages in, 195
Medical abortion, 244–245
Medical system, 33–41
community health workers, 34
getting better care, 36–37
health centers, 34
health posts, 34
hospital care, 38–39
hospitals, 35
women’s needs not met, 8
working for change, 40–41
(Also see Health center or hospital;
Health workers)
Medicines, 468–484
abortion by, 244–245
for allergic reactions, 483
allergy to, 477
antibiotics, 480–481
for bacterial vaginosis, 266
for bladder infection, 368
for bleeding from vagina, 483
for breast infection, 117
cancer and, 376
for chlamydia, 268
combination medicines, 472
deciding to use, 470–471
defined, 469
for deinfibulation, 465
drug and alcohol use and, 438
drug resistance and STI medicines,
264
during breastfeeding, 109, 120
during labor, 79, 85
during pregnancy, 68
for eclampsia, 87
fertility and, 232
food and, 478
forms of, 474
generic names and brand names,
473
for genital sores, 271
for genital warts, 269
for gonorrhea, 268
guidelines for health workers, 470
guidelines for use, 472
harmful uses, 471
for herpes zoster (shingles), 301
for infection after abortion, 256–257
inserts in vagina, 474
for itching in persons with HIV, 301
for joint and muscle pain (arthritis),
133
for kidney infection, 368
measuring amount to take, 474–475
medicine kit, 484
for menopause problems, 125
mental health and, 418
for mental health problems, 422
old (past expiration date), 472
overview, 469
for pain, 482
Medicines (continued)
for pain, in persons with AIDS, 308
for pelvic inflammatory disease
(PID), 274
for persons with HIV, preventing
infection, 296
the pill and, 209
plant medicines and vagina, 96
precautions (warnings), 478
safety when using, 470, 471–473
side effects, 478
for STIs, sex workers and, 347
taking too much, 479
for thrush (yeast), 117, 300, 305
toxicity and dementia, 135
for trichomonas, 268
using medicines in this book,
473–479
when to take, 476
who should not take certain
medicines, 477
for womb infection, 97
for yeast infections of the vagina,
265–266
(Also see Side effects, specific
medicines)
Meditation, 423
Medroxyprogesterone acetate,
129, 506
Memory problems, in older
women, 135
Menopause
acupressure massage for, 547
bleeding from vagina after, 363
defined, 47
diet during, 124, 171
hormone replacement therapy
(HRT), 124, 471
medicines for, 124
recommendations for easing,
124–125
sexual relations and, 128
signs, 124
Menstrual cycle, 48–49
Menstruation (See Monthly
bleeding)
Mental confusion (dementia)
drug and alcohol withdrawal, 441
in older women, 135
in persons with AIDS, 308
Mental health, 412–433
alcohol and, 438
anxiety, 420
common causes of problems,
416–418
common problems, 419–422
of community, 433
depression, 135, 419
determining, 419
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