CONTENTS

Foreword v

Preface ix

Acknowledgments x

PART 1 Stages of human development 1

1 Marriage 3

Making your marriage work 3

2 Pregnancy and postnatal care 4

About your pregnancy 4

Breastfeeding and milk supply 5

Establishing breastfeeding 6

Mastitis with breastfeeding 7

Miscarriage 8

Nipple problems while breastfeeding 9

Postnatal depression 10

3 Children?s health 11

Allergy in your baby 11

Asthma in children 12

Atopic eczema 13

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 14

Autism 15

Autism:: Asperger?s syndrome 16

Bed-wetting (enuresis) 17

Bow legs and knock knees 18

Bronchiolitis 19

Chickenpox 20

Child accident prevention in the home 21

Circumcision 22

Coeliac disease 23

Croup 24

Crying baby 25

Dyslexia and other SLDs 26

Earache in children 27

Encopresis 28

Febrile convulsions 29

Feeding your baby 30

Flat feet 31

Gastroenteritis in children 32

Hearing problems in children 33

Immunisation of children 34

Impetigo 35

Infant colic 36

Intoeing in children 37

Measles 38

Mumps 39

Nappy rash 40

Normal development in children 41

Peanut allergy 42

Rearing a happy child 43

Reflux in infants 44

Rubella (German measles) 45

Scoliosis 46

Seborrhoea in infants 47

Snuffling infant 48

Squint and loss of vision 49

Stuttering 50

Tantrums 51

Tear duct blockage 52

Teething 53

Testicle, undescended 54

Thumb sucking 55

Toilet training your child 56

Umbilical hernia 57

Viral skin rashes in children 58

Vulvovaginal irritation in chidren 59

4 Adolescent health 60

Acne 60

Eating disorders 61

Osgood-Schlatter disorder 62

Understanding the adolescent 63

Understanding your menstrual cycle 64

5 Women?s health 65

Cystitis in women 65

Dysmenorrhoea (painful periods) 66

Endometriosis 67

Hair loss in women 68

Hirsutism 69

Incontinence of urine 70

Menopause 71

Painful breasts 72

Pelvic inflammatory disease 73

Pill:: the combination pill 74

Polycystic ovary syndrome 75

Premenstrual syndrome 76

Self-examination of breasts 77

Smear test 78

Tubal ligation 79

Vaginal thrush 80

6 Men?s health 81

Foreskin hygiene 81

Impotence (erectile dysfunction) 82

Male pattern baldness 83

Prostate:: your enlarged prostate 84

Prostate:: your prostate operation 85

Testicular self-examination (TSE) 86

Vasectomy 87

7 The elderly 88

Arthritis in the elderly 88

Dementia 89

Eye problems in the aged 90

Hearing impairment in the aged 91

Leg ulcers 92

Osteoporosis 93

Parkinson?s disease 94

Retirement planning 95

Stroke 96

Tinnitus 97

PART 2 General health?various ages 99

8 Prevention 101

Cholesterol:: how to lower cholesterol 101

Coronary risk factors 102

Diet guidelines for good health 103

Obesity:: how to lose weight wisely 104

Smoking?quitting 105

9 Infections 106

AIDS and HIV infection 106

Bacterial meningitis and meningococcus 107

Blepharitis 108

Bronchitis:: acute bronchitis 109

Bronchitis:: chronic bronchitis 110

Chlamydia urethritis 111

Common cold 112

Conjunctivitis 113

Glandular fever 114

Gonorrhoea 115

Hepatitis A 116

Hepatitis B 117

Hepatitis C 118

Herpes:: genital herpes 119

Herpes simplex (cold sores) 120

Herpes zoster (shingles) 121

Influenza 122

Laryngitis 123

Lice:: head lice 124

Lice:: pubic lice 125

Molluscum contagiosum 126

Pharyngitis 127

Ringworm 128

Scabies 129

Tinea pedis 130

Tonsillitis 131

Viral infection 132

Warts 133

Warts:: genital warts 134

Worms 135

10 Musculoskeletal disorders 136

Backache 136

Bunions 137

Bursitis and tendonitis of the outer hip 138

Carpal tunnel syndrome 139

Exercises for your knee 140

Exercises for your lower back 141

Exercises for your neck 142

Exercises for your shoulder 143

Exercises for your thoracic spine 144

Fibromyalgia 145

Gout 146

Knee:: anterior knee pain 147

Neck:: painful neck 148

Osteoarthritis 149

Paget?s disease of bone 150

Plantar fasciitis 151

Plaster instructions 152

Polymyalgia rheumatica 153

Rheumatoid arthritis 154

Sciatica 155

Shoulder:: frozen shoulder 156

Shoulder:: shoulder tendonitis 157

Spondylosis 158

Sports injuries?first aid 159

Sprained ankle 160

Temporomandibular joint dysfunction 161

Tennis elbow 162

Warm-up exercises for the legs 163

Whiplash 164

11 Common general problems 165

Alcohol:: harmful use of alcohol 165

Anal fissure 166

Angina 167

Anticoagulation therapy 168

Anxiety 169

Aphthous ulcers 170

Asthma 171

Asthma:: correct use of your aerosol inhaler 172

Asthma:: dangerous asthma 173

Atrial fibrillation 174

Bell?s palsy 175

Bereavement 176

Bipolar disorder 177

Bites and stings 178

Body odour 179

Calluses, corns and warts on feet 180

Cancer 181

Cannabis (marijuana) 182

Chronic fatigue syndrome 183

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 184

Circulation to legs:: poor circulation 185

Constipation 186

Contact dermatitis 187

Coping with a crisis 188

Cramp 189

Dandruff 190

Depression 191

Depression:: medication for depression 192

Diabetes 193

Diabetes:: blood glucose monitoring at home 194

Diabetes:: foot care for diabetics 195

Diabetes:: healthy diet for diabetics 196

Diabetes:: insulin injections 197

Diarrhoea:: acute diarrhoea in adults 198

Diverticular disease 199

Dry skin 200

Ear:: otitis externa 201

Ear:: wax in your ear 202

Epilepsy 203

Eye:: foreign body in the eye 204

Fever 205

Gallstones 206

Gastritis 207

Glaucoma 208

Haemochromatosis 209

Haemorrhoids 210

Halitosis 211

Hangover 212

Hay fever 213

Head injury 214

Heart failure 215

Heartburn 216

Hiatus hernia 217

House dust mite management 218

Hypertension 219

Infertile couple 220

Ingrowing toenails 221

Iron deficiency anaemia 222

Irritable bowel 223

Kidney stones 224

Melanoma 225

Meniere?s syndrome 226

Migraine 227

Nail disorders 228

Nose:: stuffy, running nose 229

Nosebleed 230

Obstructive sleep apnoea 231

Peptic ulcer 232

Perianal haematoma 233

Phobias 234

Pityriasis rosea 235

Pruritus ani 236

Psoriasis 237

Restless legs syndrome 238

Rosacea and perioral dermatitis 239

Schizophrenia 240

Seborrhoeic keratoses 241

Skin cancer 242

Sleep problems 243

Snoring 244

Stress:: coping with stress 245

Sunburn 246

Teeth grinding (bruxism) 247

Tension headache 248

Tongue soreness 249

Travel:: air travel 250

Travel:: guide for travellers 251

Travel sickness 252

Tremor:: essential tremor 253

Urticaria 254

Varicose veins 255

Vertigo:: benign positional vertigo 256

Vertigo:: exercises for benign positional vertigo 257

Index 259