基本説明
Aimed specifically at medical practitioners in primary care who require a quick guide to help diagnose and manage genital problems.
Full Description
This book covers the range of conditions seen in sexually transmitted infection clinics and genito-urinary clinics making it a useful and practical guide to all health practitioners in this area. However, as genital infections and medical problems are very similar worldwide, any practitioner managing genital disease and sexual health problems should find this book of practical value. The book is aimed specifically at medical practitioners in primary care who require a quick guide to help diagnose and manage genital problems - a prompt to 'what to do next' when faced with a patient with a genital complaint. The book has many colour illustrations, with key points and summary boxes helping to make the book a quick reference guide.
Contents
Which Patients to Refer to Genitourinary Medicine.- Routine Investigations Performed in Genitourinary Medicine.- Taking a Sexual History.- Bacterial Vaginosis.- Candidiasis.- Other Causes of Vaginal Discharge.- A General Approach to the Management of Vaginal Discharge.- Vulval Problems.- Frequency-Dysuria Syndrome.- Pelvic Pain.- Cytology and Colposcopy.- Contraception and Genital Tract Infection.- Dysuria in Young Men.- Prostatitis, Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome, and Hematospermia.- Scrotal Pain.- Penile Rashes.- Genital Ulceration.- Genital "Lumps".- Genital Irritation.- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection.- Genital Problems in Children.- Psychosexual Problems.
