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For many women and their partners, "down there" is terra incognita, unlike the more obvious penis and testicles of men. How many women know the correct terms for parts of female genitalia and what itching, pain, or discharge may mean? How many dare get medical treatment for discomfort? Stewart and Spencer's guide covers it all in friendly lay language: vulvovaginal anatomy and functions, changes through the life cycle, routine self-care, sexual issues affecting the "Vs" (vulvovaginal area), pelvic exams, bothersome symptoms, and 13 chapters for specific problems. Stewart is a clinical gynecologist and medical school instructor with over 20 years' experience, 12 specializing in vulvovaginal care; Spencer is a journalist focusing on women's and family issues. This is an excellent book and a first on the subject, with good illustrations, a resource list, charts, tables, and sidebars. Say the authors, "Your private parts shouldn't be private to you." Highly recommended; a good complementary work is Rebecca Chalker's The Clitoral Truth, with extensive details about that structure in the vulva perhaps least incognita. Martha Cornog, Philadelphia
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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With Spencer's help in the writing, gynecologist Stewart's practical guide to the "V area" first describes the historical development of knowledge about the vulvovaginal area and, aided by occasionally striking illustrations, considers its anatomy and physiology at length. Stewart explains routine care and hygiene as well as changes to expect with aging. She urges women to "loosen up" in terms of clothing and psychology, and she stresses how important precise language is to a woman's knowledge of V-area health and to meaningful communication with doctors. She either clarifies or explodes some myths, gives substantial consideration to sex matters, and explores minor as well as major symptoms of trouble in the area. Her discussion of cancer and precancer conditions is realistic, and her advice for selecting and communicating well with a gynecologist is painstaking. The medical references she includes are meant to open and inform both physicians' and patients' minds. William Beatty
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Vagina is hardly a household word. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vag itch, strep vaginitis, vaginal immune system, vulvar problems, vulvovaginal disease, crafty virus, repeated yeast infections, desquamative inflammatory vaginitis, vulvar pain, antiyeast cream, vulvar vestibulitis syndrome, vulvar ulcers, menstrual protection, wet prep, most skin diseases, whiff test, vulvar disease, cervical precancer, human papillomavirus testing, vulvar skin, genital herpes simplex virus infection, lichen sclerosus, pain with intercourse, many white blood cells, vaginal lactobacilli Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Mother Nature, Obstet Gynecol, African American, Courtesy of Raymond, New York, The Most Bothersome Symptoms, Could You Be Allergic, Sex Res New!
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Vagina is hardly a household word. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vag itch, strep vaginitis, vaginal immune system, vulvar problems, vulvovaginal disease, crafty virus, repeated yeast infections, desquamative inflammatory vaginitis, vulvar pain, antiyeast cream, vulvar vestibulitis syndrome, vulvar ulcers, menstrual protection, wet prep, most skin diseases, whiff test, vulvar disease, cervical precancer, human papillomavirus testing, vulvar skin, genital herpes simplex virus infection, lichen sclerosus, pain with intercourse, many white blood cells, vaginal lactobacilli Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Mother Nature, Obstet Gynecol, African American, Courtesy of Raymond, New York, The Most Bothersome Symptoms, Could You Be Allergic, Sex Res New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Vulvar Disease (Major Problems in Obstetrics & Gynecology) by Eduard Friedrich in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Comprehensive Gynecology by Morton A. Stenchever MD on page 392, and Back Matter
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases by King K. Holmes in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Atlas of Vulvar Disease by Edward J. Wilkinson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Battered Wives by Del Martin in Back Matter
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