| Preface | XII |
| About the Author | |
| About Volunteers in Asia | |
| Introduction | XIV |
| Who Is this Book For? | |
| The Purpose of this Book | |
| Important Warning! | |
| Conclusion | |
| Before You go | 1 |
| General Planning | 1 |
| Immunizations | 3 |
| International Certificate of Vaccination | |
| Required Immunizations | |
| Routine Immunizations | |
| Recommended Immunizations | |
| Malaria | 14 |
| Chloroquine-Sensitive Areas | |
| Chloroquine-Resistant Areas | |
| Side Effects of Antimalarial Drugs | |
| Children and Pregnant or Breast-Feeding Women | |
| What to Bring | 21 |
| Routine Health Supplies | |
| Supplies for Long-Term Stays or Remote Areas | |
| Contraception | |
| Clothes | |
| Organizations That Help Travelers | 27 |
| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | |
| Bureau of Consular Affairs | |
| IAMAT | |
| Immunization Alert | |
| Medic Alert | |
| Arrival and Preventing Illness | 30 |
| Acclimating | 30 |
| Drinking and Eating Precautions | 31 |
| Water Purification | |
| Other Beverages | |
| What You Eat | |
| Personal Cleanliness | 35 |
| Preventing Insect Bites | 35 |
| General Health Maintenance | 37 |
| Nutrition | 37 |
| Food Groups | |
| Protein | |
| Vitamin and Mineral Supplements | |
| Effects of Infection and Illness On Nutritional Status | |
| Exercise | 43 |
| Dental Hygiene | 45 |
| Mental Health | 46 |
| Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Illness | 47 |
| Signs to Watch For | 47 |
| Temperature | |
| Respiration (Breathing) | |
| Pulse (Heartbeat) | |
| Eyes | |
| Getting Medical Care | 49 |
| If You Are Far From a Medical Facility | |
| If You Become Ill or Injured | |
| Blood Transfusion Emergencies | |
| Guidelines for the Use of Medicines | 54 |
| Antibiotics | |
| Buying Medications in Developing Countries | |
| Special Topics | |
| Signs of Dangerous Illness | 50 |
| Using Common Drugs | 56 |
| Common Health Problems | 66 |
| Dehydration | 66 |
| Diarrhea | 67 |
| Vomiting | 68 |
| Fever | 69 |
| Skin and Hair Problems | 69 |
| Sunburn | |
| Infections | |
| Allergic Reactions | |
| Hair Loss | |
| For Women | 71 |
| Menstruation | |
| Bladder and Vaginal Infections | |
| Pregnancy | |
| Other Problems | 72 |
| Constipation | |
| Motion Sickness | |
| Heat Illnesses | |
| Weight Fluctuation | |
| Mountain Sickness | |
| Motorcycle Accidents | |
| Infections and Diseases | 76 |
| How to Use this Chapter | |
| Digestive Tract | 77 |
| Diarrhea | |
| Amoebic Dysentery | |
| Bacillary Dysentery (Shigellosis) | |
| Giardia | |
| Cholera | |
| Roundworms (Ascariasis) | |
| Threadworm (Pinworm, Enterobiasis) | |
| Tapeworm | |
| Trichinosis | |
| Other Worms | |
| Skin | 88 |
| Sunburn | |
| Fungus Infections | |
| Scabies | |
| Lice | |
| Boils | |
| Eyes | 92 |
| Infectious Conjunctivitis ("Pink Eye") | |
| Allergic Conjunctivitis | |
| Sties | |
| Fevers and Parasitic Diseases | 94 |
| Typhoid | |
| Typhus | |
| Malaria | |
| Yellow Fever | |
| Dengue Fever | |
| Japanese Encephalitis | |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | |
| Plague | |
| Filariasis | |
| Leptospirosis | |
| Respiratory Infections | 107 |
| Colds and Flu | |
| Bronchitis | |
| Pneumonia | |
| "Strep" Throat | |
| Hepatitis | 110 |
| Hepatitis A (Infectious Hepatitis) | |
| Hepatitis B (Serum Hepatitis) | |
| Hepatitis C | |
| Hepatitis E | |
| Urinary Tract and Genitals | 115 |
| For Women | |
| For Men | |
| Urinary Tract Infection | |
| Yeast Infection (Candidiasis) | |
| Bacterial Vaginosis (Gardnerella, Haemophilus) | |
| Trichomoniasis ("Trich") | |
| Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) | 120 |
| Prevent Catching or Spreading STDs | |
| If You Have an STD | |
| Gonorrhea ("The Clap") | |
| Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU) | |
| Nongonococcal Vaginitis (NGV) | |
| Chlamydia | |
| Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (Women Only) | |
| Syphilis | |
| Herpes | |
| HIV Infection and AIDS | |
| Miscellaneous | 133 |
| Tetanus | |
| Rabies | |
| Schistosomiasis (Blood Flukes) | |
| Liver Flukes (Clonorchiasis, Opisthorchiasis) | |
| Sleeping Sickness (African Trypanosomiasis) | |
| Chagas' Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) | |
| River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) | |
| Leishmaniasis | |
| Anthrax | |
| Brucellosis (Undulant Fever, Malta Fever) | |
| Special Topic | |
| Stand-By Malaria Treatment | 98 |
| Heat, Cold, and High Altitude | 144 |
| Health Problems Caused by Heat | 144 |
| Heat Cramps | |
| Heat Exhaustion | |
| Heatstroke (Sunstroke) | |
| Health Problems Caused by Cold | 147 |
| Chilblains | |
| Frostbite | |
| Loss of Body Heat (Hypothermia) | |
| General Concerns At High Altitude | 151 |
| Clothing for the Mountains | |
| Dehydration | |
| Sunburn | |
| Snow Blindness | |
| Mountain Sickness | 153 |
| Prevention of Mountain Sickness | |
| Mild AMS | |
| Moderate and Severe AMS | |
| High Altitude Pulmonary Edema and Cerebral Edema | |
| First Aid - For Illness or Injury | 156 |
| Emergency First Aid | 156 |
| How to Control Bleeding from an Injured Part | |
| Internal Bleeding | |
| Head Injuries | |
| Choking | |
| Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation | |
| Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) | |
| Drowning | |
| Loss of Consciousness | |
| Shock | |
| Electrical Injury | |
| Seizures (Convulsions) | |
| Poisoning | |
| Emergency Problems of the Gut (Acute Abdomen) | |
| Appendicitis, Peritonitis | |
| General First Aid | 167 |
| Fever | |
| Very High Fevers | |
| Nosebleeds | |
| Eye Injuries | |
| Eyelid Injuries | |
| Wounds | 169 |
| Cuts, Scrapes, and Small Wounds | |
| Large Cuts | |
| Bandages | |
| Infected Wounds | |
| Wounds That Are Likely to Become Dangerously Infected | |
| Burns | 175 |
| Minor Burns That Do Not Form Blisters (First Degree) | |
| Burns That Cause Blisters (Second Degree) | |
| Deep Burns (Third Degree) | |
| Burns Around the Joints | |
| Sprains and Broken or Dislocated Bones | 177 |
| Sprains and Strains | |
| Broken Bones (Fractures) | |
| Compound Fractures | |
| Dislocations | |
| How to Move a Badly Injured Person | |
| Bites and Stings | 182 |
| Snakes | |
| Sea Snakes | |
| Poisonous Sea Creatures | |
| Scorpions | |
| Leeches | |
| Ticks | |
| Special Topic | |
| Lymph Nodes | 173 |
| After You Return Home | 186 |
| Get a Physical Check-Up | |
| Malaria Pills After You Return Home | |
| Additional Resources | 188 |
| Booklist | 188 |
| Internet Sites for International Travelers | 189 |
| Index | 191 |
| Maps | |
| Prevalence of Yellow Fever | 7 |
| Prevalence of Meningococcal Meningitis Epidemics | 8 |
| Prevalence of Hepatitis A | 9 |
| Prevalence of Hepatitis B | 10 |
| Prevalence of Malaria | 15 |
| Prevalence of Dengue Fever | 101 |
| Prevalence of Schistosomiasis | 136 |
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