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Pelvic pain can lead to embarrassment, silence, and misdiagnosis. It can hurt your relationship as well as your sense of self. Tackling the stereotypes, myths, and realities of pelvic pain, this easy-to-understand, accessible guide will help readers get the help they need and deserve, offering key information on:- The most urgent questions about the causes of pelvic pain- The more than twenty causes of pelvic pain- How to find the right doctor- The relationship between pelvic sex and genetics- The newest in treatment for pelvic pain and pelvic pain indications- How psychological factors can contribute to and reduce pelvic painFeaturing groundbreaking research and stories from people who've lived it, When Sex Hurts provides the tools you need to stop hurting and start healing.

A comprehensive text on female sexual function and dysfunction that offers a multi-disciplinary, biopsychosocial approach to diagnosis and treatmentTextbook of Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction offers a multi-disciplinary, biopsychosocial approach and provides guidance for the safe and effective diagnosis and treatment of various sexual health issues. With contributions from an international panel of experts, the text provides the scientific basis of the clinical recommendations for dealing with problems of sexual, desire, arousal, orgasm and pain.The text is clearly organised around the four major disease states in female sexual dysfunction (FSD) and is officially endorsed by the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH). The authors cover a wealth of topics such as hypoactive sexual desire disorder, psychological management of sexual disorders, anatomy and physiology of sexual dysfunction and pain and information on future developments and research. In addition, the text reviews all FDA approved medications for sexual dysfunction and contains consideration of off-label treatments for FSDs. This important text:•    Offers the only textbook to highlight female sexual dysfunction in light of recently approved FDA medications•    Contains a unique biopsychosocial approach from a collaborative team of physicians, psychologists, physical therapists as well as other sexual health professionals•    Presents a comprehensive text led by one of the foremost global experts in Women's Sexual Health, Irwin Goldstein, founder of ISSWSH, with three other past presidents and one president-electWritten for any professional dealing with women's sexual health, Textbook of Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction offers an invaluable guide to the most safe and effective diagnosis and treatment.

A comprehensive reference for the diagnosis and treatment of female sexual pain disordersFemale Sexual Pain Disorders: Evaluation and Management, 2nd Edition compiles the most cutting-edge and modern research on sexual pain disorders in women into a single reference. It is the first book of its kind devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of sexual pain in women and is now fully updated in a second edition. The book includes diagnostic tools to differentiate among different forms of dyspareunia, discussions of potential causes of sexual pain, and current knowledge in multi-disciplinary treatments for dyspareunia.Focused on providing practical guidance to the working practitioner, this book includes information to: Help evaluate and distinguish the causes of sexual pain in women Assist in the differentiation of the many forms of sexual painImplement multi-disciplinary treatmentsFemale Sexual Pain Disorders is perfect for any healthcare worker who is involved in treating women's sexual health, including gynecologists, urologists, internists, family practitioners, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, midwives, psychologists, and sex therapists.

The average physician and even cancer care-givers are not knowledgeable about the effects of cancer treatment on sex and reproductive life. It will prove an invaluable resource for those clinicians caring for cancer patients as well as acting as a reference text for the sexual medicine clinician who may not see a large number of cancer patients.

The average physician and even cancer care-givers are not knowledgeable about the effects of cancer treatment on sex and reproductive life. They are even less aware of the options available for treatment of such patients. Cancer and Sexual Health fills a great need for a reference work devoted to the link between cancer and human sexuality. The volume is designed to give a comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of the sexual and reproductive consequences of cancer diagnosis and treatment. It will prove an invaluable resource for those clinicians caring for cancer patients as well as acting as a reference text for the sexual medicine clinician who may not see a large number of cancer patients.

Erectile dysfunction (ED) affects 20-30 million American men, most of whom are over 50 years of age. In a UK-based study, 32% of British men had difficulty obtaining an erection, 20% with maintaining an erection. In recent years the physiology and pathophysiology of ED  have changed our understanding of what ED is from a purely psychological-based disorder to a multifactorial one, with neurological, endocrinological, psychological factors and the role of the vascular system. Recently identified risk factors include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, spinal cord injury, smoking, depression, atherosclerosis, hypertension, pelvic surgery and trauma, pharmacological medications, arthritis, peripheral vascular disease, substance abuse, endocrine abnormalities and peptic ulcer disease. Many ED patients have a combination of these risk factors, thus exacerbating ED further. The treatment of ED was revolutionized in 1998 with the introduction of sildenafil. Beside these oral treatments, newer injectable agents are being investigated as are topical preparations. However, not all patients are tolerant of oral agents, many patients still require penile reconstruction with penile implants, an option with low complications and morbidity. There are options for all patients and this excellent, updated text, edited by some of the world's leading authorities - Culley Carson, Roger Kirby and Irwin Goldstein - discusses them all.