Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council
Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council
Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council
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Module 4 The work of <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Volunteers<br />
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Signs and Symptoms<br />
12. A day or more without<br />
being able to urinate<br />
13. A day or more without<br />
being able to drink any<br />
fluids<br />
14. A person with a stiff neck<br />
with arched back, with or<br />
without a stiff jaw<br />
How to position very pale an unconscious skin: person:<br />
red or normal skin:<br />
(shock, fainting, etc)<br />
(heat stroke, stroke, heart problems)<br />
very pale skin:<br />
red or normal skin:<br />
(shock, fainting, How etc) to position an unconscious (heat person: stroke, stroke, heart problems)<br />
Signs:<br />
Signs:<br />
Sometimes fever and chills<br />
or headache Signs:<br />
Sometimes fever and chills Sometimes fever and chills<br />
Sometimes or headache pain or headache<br />
in the side<br />
Sometimes pain Sometimes pain<br />
in the side<br />
Painful in the urination side<br />
and need to<br />
Painful urination<br />
urinate Painful very urination and need to<br />
often and need to<br />
urinate very<br />
often<br />
urinate very<br />
Urine<br />
often<br />
may be cloudy Urine may be cloudy<br />
or reddish (bloody) or reddish (bloody)<br />
Urine may be cloudy<br />
Unable or reddish to hold (bloody) Unable to hold in urine<br />
in urine (especially true of children).<br />
(especially true of children).<br />
Unable to hold in urine<br />
(especially true of children).<br />
Signs:<br />
15. A person who develops<br />
yellow eyes and skin colour Does not want to eat.<br />
Not all people with yellow Often goes eyes days have Yellow Fever.<br />
(jaundice),<br />
without eating anything<br />
Not all people with yellow eyes have Yellow Fever.<br />
16. Black stools like tar, or<br />
vomit with blood<br />
Signs:<br />
Sometimes there is pain on<br />
Signs:<br />
Does not want to eat.<br />
Often goes days<br />
without<br />
Does not<br />
eating<br />
want<br />
anything<br />
to eat.<br />
Often goes days<br />
the right side near the liver<br />
or the lower ribs.<br />
without eating anything<br />
Sometimes there is pain on<br />
the right side near the liver<br />
or<br />
Sometimes<br />
the lower ribs.<br />
there is pain on<br />
the right side near the liver<br />
or the lower ribs.<br />
An ulcer<br />
very pale skin:<br />
(shock, fainting, etc)<br />
Not all people with yellow eyes have Yellow Fever.<br />
is an open sore in the stomach<br />
or gut.<br />
Tiny bumps or sores with much<br />
itching – first between fingers,<br />
on the wrists or waist.<br />
Pimples or sores with pus or<br />
inflamation often from<br />
scratching insect bites. May<br />
cause swollen lymph nodes.<br />
Irregular, spreading sores with<br />
shiny, yellow crusts.<br />
red or normal skin:<br />
(heat stroke, stroke, heart problems)<br />
Sometimes it feels –<br />
though the bladder<br />
does Sometimes not empty Sometimes it feels – it feels –<br />
completely. though the bladder though the bladder<br />
does not empty does not empty<br />
Sometimes completely. completely.<br />
there is<br />
pain in the lower Sometimes there is<br />
back Sometimes (kidneys) pain there in the is lower<br />
pain in the lower back (kidneys)<br />
Sometimes back (kidneys) the pain<br />
Sometimes the pain<br />
seems to go down seems to go down<br />
the Sometimes legs. the the legs. pain<br />
seems to go down<br />
In the serious legs. cases In serious cases<br />
(kidney disease)<br />
(kidney disease) the feet and face<br />
the In feet serious and cases face may swell.<br />
may (kidney swell. disease)<br />
the feet and face<br />
may swell.<br />
May have fever<br />
After a few days, the eyes<br />
turn yellow.<br />
Sight or small of food may<br />
May have fever course vomiting<br />
May have fever<br />
After a few days, The urine the eyes turns dark yellow<br />
and the stools become whitish<br />
turn yellow.<br />
After a few days, the eyes<br />
turn yellow.<br />
Sight or small of food may<br />
course vomiting<br />
Sight or small of food may<br />
course vomiting<br />
The urine turns dark yellow<br />
and the stools become whitish<br />
The urine turns dark yellow<br />
and the stools become whitish<br />
scabies<br />
infection from<br />
bacteria<br />
impetigo<br />
(bacterial infection