(Yellow Pages) Index 587
Water (continued)
storing, 155
Tippy Tap, 526
work with, 401
Water retention, PMS and, 51
Waters breaking, 81
green or brown waters, 86
labor does not start, 85
Weak blood (anemia), 172–173
causes, 172
diet and, 53
folic acid (folate) and, 73, 168
health exams, 159
iron and, 53, 73, 129, 167
older women and, 129
overview, 172
pregnancy risks, 72, 73
risk during breastfeeding, 109
signs, 172
treatment, 73, 129, 173
Weak bones (osteoporosis)
calcium and, 168
in older women, 133
Weaving, health risks from, 406
Weight loss
abnormal, 174
tuberculosis and, 389
Where There Is No Doctor, 175,
265, 325, 366, 369
Wind, burping the baby, 107
Withdrawal of penis before
ejaculation
as safer sex, 190
as family planning, 222
Womb
cancer, 381
emptying, 38, 244
fallen (prolapsed uterus), 131, 161,
398
fibroid tumors, 380
growths in (fibroids or polyps), 129
illustrated, 45
infection after childbirth, 97
overview, 45
polyps, 380
removal of (hysterectomy), 38, 379,
381
size during pregnancy, 76, 533
“Women’s” health
causes of poor health, 6–11
how men can help, 14
overview, 1
problems affecting women most,
2–5
working for change, 12–17
Women with disabilities, 138–147
abuse and, 146, 319
breast exams, 162
causes of disability, 139
exercises, 143
family planning, 145
further information, 138
health care recommendations,
141–143
meeting other people, 140
pregnancy and, 72, 145
prevalence of, 139
recognizing illness, 141
safety recommendations, 146
self-esteem, support for, 140–141
sexuality and sexual health, 144–145
skin care, 142
support groups for, 140, 141, 147
urine system problems, 366
as women first, 138
working for change, 147
Work, 392–411
with chemicals, 402–403
crafts, 406
fire safety, 394
forgotten workers, 409
health risks from, 4, 406
heavy loads, lifting and carrying,
398–400
kneeling, 405
migration, 408
overview, 393
for refugees and displaced women,
457
repetitious movements, 405
sexual harassment, 329, 331, 407
sitting or standing for long time, 404
smoke from cooking, 394–397
unsafe conditions, 406–407
with water, 401
working for change, 410–411
(Also see Cooking; Health workers;
Sex workers; Working mothers)
Working for change
HIV prevention, 309–311
better nutrition, 176–179
breastfeeding, 121
cancer deaths, 385
death or injury from pregnancy and
childbirth, 101–103
elder care, 136–137
family planning, 227
female genital cutting, 466–467
medical system, 40–41
mental health of community, 433
preventing drug and alcohol misuse,
445
Working for change (continued)
prevention and treatment balance,
163
rape, 338–339
root causes of health problems,
26–27
safer sex, 194–195, 280–281
sex workers, 348–351
solving health problems, 26–29
STIs, 279–281
tuberculosis (TB), 391
unsafe abortion, preventing, 259
violence against women, 323–324
“women’s” health, 12–17
women with disabilities, 147
workplace organization, 410–411
(Also see Government policies and
laws; Preventing illness; Support
groups)
Working mothers
breastfeeding and, 111
child care cooperatives, 158
gender roles and, 182-183
workload reduction, 158
(Also see Work)
Workload, reducing, 158
Wounds
infected after female genital cutting,
461–462
in persons with AIDS, 306–307
(Also see Female genital cutting)
X-rays, 37
X
Y, Z
Yeast infections
abnormal discharge from, 265
in persons with AIDS, 300, 305
signs, 265
thrush during breastfeeding, 117
thrush in persons with AIDS, 305
treatment, 266
Yellow baby (jaundice), 118
Yellow skin, 277, 402
Yoga, 423
Zidovudine, 519–520
Where Women Have No Doctor 2012