Sexually Transmitted Infections

3. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-959565-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 124 mm x 200 mm, Gewicht: 168 g

Reihe: The Facts

With all the attention heaped upon the most deadly sexually transmitted infection of all, HIV, other non-fatal forms of infection have been somewhat neglected, and even overlooked in sexual education. However, incidences of STIs such as chlamydia and gonorrhoea have been dramatically and silently rising in many parts of the world in recent years - though receiving far less attention. It is now recognized that this is a major public health issue, affecting thousands
of people, irrespective of background, education or social class.

In Sexually Transmitted Infections: The Facts, David Barlow, for thirty years a consultant physician at a large London teaching hospital, describes, in a readable, sensible and light style, the common and rare conditions which are seen in clinic. Case histories drawn from real patients illustrate many of the pitfalls and problems that can arise from misunderstanding how diseases such as herpes or genital warts are transmitted. An important and novel section explains how and why the
seemingly reliable tests from a hospital laboratory can be misleading and, in many cases, actually wrong. This new edition has been brought up-to-date with coverage of the new HPV vaccine for cervical cancer, recent work on the aetiology of bacterial vaginosis, evidence on the treatment and management of genital
herpes simplex, and a totally revived section on HIV and AIDS.

Using the early section on symptoms, the reader is rapidly pointed to the relevant section of the book for explanations and reassurance. Providing essential information on all the main forms of sexually transmitted infections, the book delivers essential, accessible, pragmatic, information that should be read by all adults.

Zielgruppe

The book is aimed at the general public although it contains enough information to be of interest and practical use to non-specialist health workers, doctors and nurses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barlow, David

Fox, Julie

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin HIV, AIDS
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Urologie, Andrologie, Venerologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1: Sexually transmitted infections - what to do
2: Understanding your results
3: Vaginal discharge and vulval problems
4: Gonorrhoea
5: Non-specific genital infection
6: Non-specific genital infection - complications
7: Genital herpes
8: Genital warts
9: Syphilis and related diseases
10: Tropical and other infections
11: Hepatitis and other viral infections
12: HIV and AIDS - the whys and wherefores
13: HIV and AIDS - the clinical picture

Über Autor(innen)

David Barlow read medicine at Trinity College, Oxford, and St Thomas's Hospital Medical School. Following training in acute and general medicine, he focused on genitourinary medicine (venereology) and is currently the Senior Physician in this specialty at St Thomas' and Guy's Hospitals.

Julie Fox is Consultant Physician at the Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Guys and St. Thomas Foundation Trust, London, UK.