Sign language for health 371
Other useful words to learn signs for
Here are suggestions for other words it would be good for a health worker to learn
in a local sign language:
abortion
abuse
anus
birth
blood/bleeding
blurred vision
breast
breastfeeding
breathing
problems
burning
changes in color
contractions
cough
chills
clean/wash
cramps
cuts/sores/tears
depression
diarrhea
discharge
dizzy
drugs
dry
exams
(examination)
exercise
faint
no feeling (numb)
fever
growth (on skin
or inside body)
itchy
labor
lump
medicines
miscarriage
mucus
nausea
(feeling sick)
nervous
passing stool
passing urine
pelvis
penis
pregnant
rape
sleeping problems
sweating
swollen
tenderness
vomiting
weak
womb
Signs for numbers
Numbers can be used to say how long the person has had a problem (how many
times, how many days, weeks, or months). Numbers from 1 to 5 can also be used to
say how bad a pain is, with 1 as the smallest amount of pain, and 5 as the largest.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sign alphabet
AB C
Examples from British Sign Language
DE F GH
I
J K L MN O P Q R
S T U V WX Y
Z
Examples from one-handed American Sign Language alphabet
A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities 2007