 | Where There Is No Doctor - A Village Health Care Handbook (Hesperian Foundation, 1993, 516 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | HOW TO USE THIS BOOK |
| | THANKS |
| | TEACHING AIDS AT LOW COST |
| | INTRODUCTION |
| | NOTE ABOUT THIS NEW EDITION |
|  | WORDS TO THE VILLAGE HEALTH WORKER (Brown Pages) |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Health Needs and Human Needs |
| | Many Things Relate to Health Care |
| | Take a Good Look at Your Community |
| | Using Local Resources to Meet Needs |
| | Deciding What to Do and Where to Begin |
| | Trying a New Idea |
| | Working Toward a Balance Between People and Land |
| | Working Toward a Balance Between Prevention and Treatment |
| | Sensible and Limited Use of Medicines |
| | Finding Out What Progress Has Been Made (Evaluation) |
| | Teaching and Learning Together - The Health Worker as an Educator |
| | Tools for Teaching |
| | Making the Best Use of This Book |
| | Chapter 1 - HOME CURES AND POPULAR BELIEFS |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Home Cures That Help |
| | Beliefs That Can Make People Well |
| | Beliefs That Can Make People Sick |
| | Witchcraft - Black Magic - and the Evil Eye |
| | Questions and Answers on Some Folk Beliefs and Home Remedies |
| | Sunken Fontanel or Soft Spot |
| | Ways to Tell Whether a Home Remedy Works or Not |
| | Medicinal Plants |
| | Homemade Casts-for Keeping Broken Bones in Place |
| | Enemas, Laxatives, and Purges: When to Use Them and When Not To |
| | Chapter 2 - SICKNESSES THAT ARE OFTEN CONFUSED |
| | What Causes Sickness? |
| | Different Kinds of Sicknesses and Their Causes |
| | Non-Infectious Diseases |
| | Infectious Diseases |
| | Sicknesses That Are Hard to Tell Apart |
| | Examples of Local Names for Sicknesses |
| | Misunderstandings Due to Confusion of Names |
| | Confusion between Different Illnesses That Cause Fever |
| | Chapter 3 - HOW TO EXAMINE A SICK PERSON |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Questions |
| | General Condition of Health |
| | Temperature |
| | How to Use a Thermometer |
| | Breathing (Respiration) |
| | Pulse (Heartbeat) |
| | Eyes |
| | Ears, Throat, and Nose |
| | Skin |
| | The Belly (Abdomen) |
| | Muscles and Nerves |
| | Chapter 4 - HOW TO TAKE CARE OF A SICK PERSON |
| | (introduction...) |
| | The Comfort of the Sick Person |
| | Special Care for a Person Who Is Very Ill |
| | Liquids |
| | Food |
| | Cleanliness and Changing Position in Bed |
| | Watching for Changes |
| | Signs of Dangerous Illness |
| | When and How to Look for Medical Help |
| | What to Tell the Health Worker |
| | Patient Report |
| | Chapter 5 - HEALING WITHOUT MEDICINES |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Healing with Water |
| | Times When the Right Use of Water May Do More Good than Medicines |
| | Chapter 6 - RIGHT AND WRONG USES OF MODERN MEDICINES |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Guidelines for the Use of Medicine |
| | The Most Dangerous Misuse of Medicine |
| | When Should Medicine Not Be Taken? |
| | Chapter 7 - ANTIBIOTICS: WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO USE THEM |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Guidelines for the Use of Antibiotics |
| | What to Do if an Antibiotic Does Not Seem to Help |
| | Importance of Limited Use of Antibiotics |
| | Chapter 8 - HOW TO MEASURE AND GIVE MEDICINE |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Medicine in Liquid Form |
| | How to Give Medicines to Small Children |
| | How to Take Medicines |
| | Dosage Instructions for Persons Who Cannot Read |
| | Chapter 9 - INSTRUCTIONS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR INJECTIONS |
| | When to Inject and When Not To |
| | Emergencies When It Is Important to Give Injections |
| | Medicines Not to Inject |
| | Risks and Precautions |
| | Dangerous Reactions From Injecting Certain Medicines |
| | How to Avoid Serious Reactions to a Penicillin Injection |
| | How to Prepare a Syringe for Injection |
| | How to Inject |
| | How Injections Can Disable Children |
| | How to Clean (Sterilize) Equipment |
| | Chapter 10 - FIRST AID |
| | Fever |
| | Shock |
| | Loss of Consciousness |
| | When Something Gets Stuck in the Throat |
| | Drowning |
| | What to Do When Breathing Stops: Mouth-to-Mouth Breathing |
| | Emergencies Caused by Heat |
| | How to Control Bleeding from a Wound |
| | How to Stop Nosebleeds |
| | Cuts, Scrapes, and Small Wounds |
| | Large Cuts: How to Close Them |
| | Bandages |
| | Infected Wounds: How to Recognize and Treat Them |
| | Bullet, Knife, and Other Serious Wounds |
| | Emergency Problems of the Gut (Acute Abdomen) |
| | Appendicitis, Peritonitis |
| | Burns |
| | Broken Bones (Fractures) |
| | How to Move a Badly Injured Person |
| | Dislocations (Bones that Have Come Out of Place at a Joint) |
| | Strains and Sprains (Bruising or Tearing in a Twisted Joint) |
| | Poisoning |
| | Snakebite |
| | Other Poisonous Bites and Stings |
| | Chapter 11 - NUTRITION: WHAT TO EAT TO BE HEALTHY |
| | Sicknesses Caused by Not Eating Well |
| | Why It is Important to Eat Right |
| | Preventing Malnutrition |
| | Main Foods and Helper Foods |
| | Eating Right to Stay Healthy |
| | How to Recognize Malnutrition |
| | Ways of Eating Better When You Do Not Have Much Money or Land |
| | Where to Get Vitamins: In Pills, Injections, Syrups - or in Foods? |
| | Things to Avoid in Our Diet |
| | The Best Diet for Small Children |
| | Harmful Ideas about Diet |
| | Special Diets for Specific Health Problems |
| | Anemia |
| | Rickets |
| | High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) |
| | Fat People |
| | Constipation |
| | Diabetes |
| | Acid Indigestion, Heartburn, and Stomach Ulcers |
| | Goiter (A Swelling or Lump on the Throat) |
| | Chapter 12 - PREVENTION: HOW TO AVOID MANY SICKNESSES |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Cleanliness - and Problems that Come from Lack of Cleanliness |
| | Basic Guidelines of Cleanliness |
| | Public Cleanliness (Sanitation) |
| | Worms and Other Intestinal Parasites |
| | Roundworm (Ascaris) |
| | Pinworm, Threadworm, Seatworm (Enterobius) |
| | Whipworm (Trichuris, Trichocephalus) |
| | Hookworm |
| | Tapeworm |
| | Trichinosis |
| | Amebas |
| | Giardia |
| | Blood Flukes (Schistosomiasis, Bilharzia) |
| | Vaccinations (Immunizations) - Simple, Sure Protection |
| | Other Ways to Prevent Sickness and Injury |
| | Habits That Affect Health |
| | Chapter 13 - SOME VERY COMMON SICKNESSES |
| | Dehydration |
| | Diarrhea and Dysentery |
| | The Care of a Person with Acute Diarrhea |
| | Vomiting |
| | Headaches and Migraines |
| | Colds and the Flu |
| | Stuffy and Runny Noses |
| | Sinus Trouble (Sinusitis) |
| | Hay Fever (Allergic Rhinitis) |
| | Allergic Reactions |
| | Asthma |
| | Cough |
| | Bronchitis |
| | Pneumonia |
| | Hepatitis |
| | Arthritis (Painful, Inflamed Joints) |
| | Back Pain |
| | Varicose Veins |
| | Piles (Hemorrhoids) |
| | Swelling of the Feet and Other Parts of the Body |
| | Hernia (Rupture) |
| | Fits (Convulsions) |
| | Chapter 14 - SERIOUS ILLNESSES THAT NEED SPECIAL MEDICAL ATTENTION |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Tuberculosis (TB, Consumption) |
| | Rabies |
| | Tetanus (Lockjaw) |
| | Meningitis |
| | Malaria |
| | Dengue (Breakbone Fever, Dandy Fever) |
| | Brucellosis (Undulant Fever, Malta Fever) |
| | Typhoid Fever |
| | Typhus |
| | Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) |
| | Chapter 15 - SKIN PROBLEMS |
| | (introduction...) |
| | General Rules for Treating Skin Problems |
| | Instructions for Using Hot Compresses (Hot Soaks) |
| | Identifying Skin Problem |
| | Scabies (Seven Year Itch) |
| | Lice |
| | Bedbugs |
| | Ticks and Chiggers |
| | Small Sores with Pus |
| | Impetigo |
| | Boils and Abscesses |
| | Itching Rash, Welts, or Hives (Allergic Reactions in the Skin) |
| | Plants and Other Things That Cause Itching or Burning of the Skin |
| | Shingles (Herpes Zoster) |
| | Ringworm, Tinea (Fungus Infections) |
| | White Spots on the Face and Body |
| | Mask of Pregnancy |
| | Pellagra and Other Skin Problems Due to Malnutrition |
| | Warts (Verrucae) |
| | Corns |
| | Pimples and Blackheads (Acne) |
| | Cancer of the Skin |
| | Tuberculosis of the Skin or Lymph Nodes |
| | Erysipelas and Cellulitis |
| | Gangrene (Gas Gangrene) |
| | Ulcers of the Skin Caused By Poor Circulation |
| | Bed Sores (Pressure Sores) |
| | Skin Problems of Babies |
| | Eczema (Red Patches with Little Blisters) |
| | Psoriasis |
| | Chapter 16 - THE EYES |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Danger Signs |
| | Injuries to the Eye |
| | How to Remove a Speck of Dirt from the Eye |
| | Chemical Burns of the Eye |
| | Red, Painful Eyes - Different Causes |
| | ‘Pink Eye’ (Conjunctivitis) |
| | Trachoma |
| | Infected Eyes in Newborn Babies (Neonatal Conjunctivitis) |
| | Iritis (Inflammation of the Iris) |
| | Glaucoma |
| | Infection of the Tear Sac (Dacryocystitis) |
| | Trouble Seeing Clearly |
| | Cross-Eyes and Wandering Eyes |
| | Sty (Hordeolum) |
| | Pterygium |
| | A Scrape, Ulcer, or Scar on the Cornea |
| | Bleeding in the White of the Eye |
| | Bleeding behind the Cornea (Hyphema) |
| | Pus Behind the Cornea (Hypopyon) |
| | Cataract |
| | Night Blindness and Xerophthalmia (Vitamin A Deficiency) |
| | Spots or 'Flies' before the Eyes (Mouches Volantes) |
| | Double Vision |
| | River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) |
| | Chapter 17 - THE TEETH, GUMS, AND MOUTH |
| | Care of the Teeth and Gums |
| | If You Do Not Have A Toothbrush |
| | Toothaches and Abscesses |
| | Pyorrhea, a Disease of the Gums |
| | Sores or Cracks at the Corners of the Mouth |
| | White Patches or Spots in the Mouth |
| | Cold Sores and Fever Blisters |
| | Chapter 18 - THE URINARY SYSTEM AND THE GENITALS |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Urinary Tract Infections |
| | Kidney or Bladder Stones |
| | Enlarged Prostate Gland |
| | Diseases Spread By Sexual Contact (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) |
| | Gonorrhea (Clap, VD, the Drip) and Chlamydia |
| | Syphilis |
| | Bubos: Bursting Lymph Nodes in the Groin (Lymphogranuloma Venereum) |
| | How and When to Use a Catheter (A Rubber Tube to Drain Urine from the Bladder) |
| | Problems of Women |
| | Vaginal Discharge (a mucus or pus-like stuff that comes from the vagina) |
| | How a Woman Can Avoid Many Infections |
| | Pain or Discomfort in the Lower Central Part of a Woman's Belly |
| | Men and Women Who Are Not Able to Have Children (Infertility) |
| | Chapter 19 - INFORMATION FOR MOTHERS AND MIDWIVES |
| | The Menstrual Period (Monthly Bleeding in Women) |
| | The Menopause (When Women Stop Having Periods) |
| | Pregnancy |
| | How to Stay Healthy during Pregnancy |
| | Minor Problems during Pregnancy |
| | Danger Signs in Pregnancy |
| | Check-ups during Pregnancy (Prenatal Care) |
| | Record of Prenatal Care |
| | Things a Mother Should Have Ready before Giving Birth |
| | Preparing for Birth |
| | Signs That Show Labor is Near |
| | The Stages of Labor |
| | Care of the Baby at Birth |
| | Care of the Cut Cord (Navel) |
| | The Delivery of the Placenta (Afterbirth) |
| | Hemorrhaging (Heavy Bleeding) |
| | The Correct Use of Oxytocics: Ergonovine, Oxytocin, Pitocin, etc. |
| | Difficult Births |
| | Tearing of the Birth Opening |
| | Care of the Newborn Baby |
| | Illnesses of the Newborn |
| | The Mother's Health after Childbirth |
| | Childbirth Fever (Infection after Giving Birth) |
| | Breast Feeding - And Care of the Breasts |
| | Lumps or Growths in the Lower Part of the Belly |
| | Miscarriage (Spontaneous Abortion) |
| | High Risk Mothers and Babies |
| | Chapter 20 - FAMILY PLANNING - HAVING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN YOU WANT |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Is Birth Control Good - and Is It Safe? |
| | Choosing a Method of Birth Control |
| | Birth Control Pills (Oral Contraceptives) |
| | Other Methods of Birth Control |
| | Combined Methods |
| | Methods for Those Who Never Want to Have More Children |
| | Home Methods for Preventing Pregnancy |
| | Chapter 21 - HEALTH AND SICKNESSES OF CHILDREN |
| | What to Do to Protect Children's Health |
| | Children's Growth - and the 'Road to Health' |
| | Child Health Chart |
| | Review of Children's Health Problems Discussed in Other Chapters |
| | Health Problems of Children Not Discussed in Other Chapters |
| | Earache and Ear Infections |
| | Sore Throat and Inflamed Tonsils |
| | Rheumatic Fever |
| | Infectious Diseases of Childhood |
| | Chickenpox |
| | Measles (Rubeola) |
| | German Measles (Rubella) |
| | Mumps |
| | Whooping Cough |
| | Diphtheria |
| | Infantile Paralysis (Polio, Poliomyelitis) |
| | How to Make Simple Crutches |
| | Problems Children Are Born With |
| | Dislocated Hip |
| | Umbilical Hernia (Belly Button That Sticks Out) |
| | A 'Swollen Testicle' (Hydrocele or Hernia) |
| | Mentally Slow, Deaf, Or Deformed Children |
| | The Spastic Child (Cerebral Palsy) |
| | Retardation in the First Months of Life |
| | Sickle Cell Disease (Sickle Cell Anemia) |
| | Helping Children Learn |
| | Chapter 22 - HEALTH AND SICKNESSES OF OLDER PEOPLE |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Summary of Health Problems Discussed in Other Chapters |
| | Other Important Illnesses of Old Age |
| | Heart Trouble |
| | Words to Younger Persons Who Want to Stay Healthy When They Are Older |
| | Stroke (Apoplexy, Cerebro-Vascular Accident, CVA) |
| | Deafness |
| | Loss of Sleep (Insomnia) |
| | Diseases Found More Often In People over 40 Years Old |
| | Cirrhosis of the Liver |
| | Gallbladder Problems |
| | Accepting Death |
| | Chapter 23 - THE MEDICINE KIT |
| | (introduction...) |
| | How to Care for Your Medicine Kit |
| | Buying Supplies for the Medicine Kit |
| | The Home Medicine Kit |
| | The Village Medicine Kit |
| | Words to the Village Storekeeper (or Pharmacist) |
| | THE GREEN PAGES - The Uses, Dosage, and Precautions for the Medicines Referred to in This Book |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Information on Medicines |
| | THE BLUE PAGES - New Information |
| | (introduction...) |
| | AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, HIV) |
| | Sores on the Genitals |
| | Circumcision and Excision (Cutting Away Skin From the Sex Parts) |
| | Special Care for Small, Early, and Underweight Babies-'Kangarooing' |
| | Ear Wax |
| | Leishmaniasis |
| | Guinea Worm |
| | Emergencies Caused by Cold |
| | How to Measure Blood Pressure |
| | Poisoning from Pesticides |
| | Complications from Abortion |
| | Drug Abuse and Addiction |
| | VOCABULARY - Explaining Difficult Words |
| | ADDRESSES FOR TEACHING MATERIALS |
| | Dosage Blanks - For Giving Medicines to Those Who Cannot Read |
| | Patient Report |
| | Information on Vital Signs |
| | ABBREVIATIONS - WEIGHT - VOLUME |
| | Back cover |
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF SOME OF THE WORDS IN THIS BOOK:
Look for the word in the VOCABULARY right after the green pages in the back of the book. Words explained in the Vocabulary are written in italics the first time they are used in a chapter.
BEFORE USING ANY MEDICINE:
Always look at the GREEN PAGES for information on uses, dosage, risks, and precautions.
TO BE READY FOR EMERGENCIES:
1. Keep a Medicine Kit like the ones recommended in Chapter 23 handy in the house or in the village.2. Study this book before it is needed, especially Chapter 10, FIRST AID, and Chapter 4, HOW TO CARE FOR A SICK PERSON.
TO HELP KEEP YOUR FAMILY IN GOOD HEALTH:
Carefully study Chapter 11, on NUTRITION, and Chapter 12, on PREVENTION, and pay attention to the guidelines and precautions.
TO IMPROVE HEALTH IN YOUR COMMUNITY:
Organize a meeting of your neighbors, to study this book and discuss local health problems. Or ask a teacher to give classes to the children and adults, using the book. You will find many useful suggestions in the brown pages, WORDS TO THE VILLAGE HEALTH WORKER, in the first part of this book.
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