(Yellow Pages) Index 575
HIV and AIDS (continued)
preventing mother-to-child
transmission, 292–293, 520
protecting against, 60, 61, 128, 189-
193
rashes and itching, 300–301
sex workers and, 344–347
sores on genitals and, 271
spread of, 285
staying healthy, 296
tuberculosis and, 291, 303, 387
for women, 286
working for change, 309–311
wounds and sores, 306–307
Holding baby during
breastfeeding, 108–109
Home
domestic workers, 409
drug and alcohol misuse in, 439
migration for work, 408
(Also see Family; Refugees and
displaced women)
Homosexuality, 183, 184, 187
Honey and sugar, for pressure
sores, 306
Hormonal methods of family
planning, 207–215
after abortion, 250
choosing a method, 200–201,
224–225
defined, 200
effectiveness of, 201
implants, 213
injections, 214–215
older women and, 128
once-a-week pills, 224
the pill, 208–212
progestin-only pills (mini-pill), 212
side effects, 208, 209, 212, 213
types of methods, 207
vaginal rings, 225
women who should avoid these
methods, 207
women with disabilities and, 145
Hormones
hormone replacement therapy
(HRT), 124, 471
life cycle and, 47
mental health and, 418
in monthly cycle, 48–49
overview, 47
puberty and, 54
(Also see Estrogen; Progesterone)
Hospital (See Health center or
hospital)
HRT (hormone replacement
therapy), 124, 471
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV) (See HIV and AIDS)
Human rights
female genital cutting and, 467
(Also see Government policies and
laws; Working for change)
Hunger
abdomen pain and, 357
constant, 174
loss of appetite, 173, 277
poor nutrition for women, 2
Husband or partner
girls treated as property of, 185
HIV infected, 290
infertility, causes of, 230
IUD felt by, 217
leaving an abusive partner, 322–323
rape by, 328
talking about family planning, 199
talking about sex, 185, 192-193
(Also see Boyfriends; Family;
Fathers; Parents; Violence against
women)
Hydrocortisone, 503
for allergic reactions, 483, 545
Hydroxyzine, 504
Hymen, 44
Hypertension (See High blood
pressure)
Hysterectomy, 38, 379, 381
I
Ibuprofen, 504
for burns (pain), 539
overview, 482
for persons with AIDS, 308
Illegal abortion, 242
Illness
food needs during, 171
infectious diseases, 21
non-infectious diseases, 21
in older women, 127
poor nutrition and, 172–175
preventing, 148–163
recognizing, in women with
disabilities, 141
(Also see Danger signs; Preventing
illness; Solving health problems;
STDs; specific illnesses and signs)
Immune system, 284
(Also see HIV and AIDS)
Immunizations
hepatitis B, 503
tetanus, 161
tuberculosis (TB), 390, 391
Implants
after abortion, 250
effectiveness of, 201
side effects, 213
stopping, 213
using, 213
Incest, 63, 329
Incomplete abortion, 251
Incomplete miscarriage, 98
Incontinence, 370
Independence, working toward,
15
Indigestion, during pregnancy, 69
Inequality of health treatment, 1
Infection
abnormal vaginal discharge, 265–268
after abortion, 255–257
after operation, 39
Bartholin gland infection (swollen
vagina), 276
bladder or kidneys, 366–368
breasts during breastfeeding,
116–117, 382
burns and, 538
caring for new mother, 96
causes of, 525
cracked nipple and, 115
deinfibulation and, 465
disinfecting equipment and tools,
526–529
eyes in newborn, 276
from female circumcision, 461–462
fungal, in persons with AIDS, 300
infectious diseases, 21
injections and, 542
mental health and, 418
pain in abdomen with fever, 355
pelvic (PID), 265, 274–275
preventing, 525–529
preventing at birth, 83
preventing for persons with HIV, 296
risk during birth, 79
signs, 255–256, 531
urinating after sex and, 154, 279, 366
vaginal, frequent, 174
vitamin A and, 169
washing your hands, 526
of womb after childbirth, 97
wounds and sores, with HIV, 307
(Also see STIs; specific diseases)
Infectious diseases, 21
Infertility, 228–237
after female genital cutting, 465
blame for, 229
causes of, 230–231
dangers that can hurt fertility, 232
defined, 230
living with, 236–237
miscarriage and, 234–235
prevalence of, 229
in sex workers, 344
STIs and, 276
treatment, 233–234
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