The V Book: A Doctor's Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health
by Elizabeth G. Stewart, Paula Spencer

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Book Review: A true owner's manual to the vulvovaginal area
Summary: 5 Stars

Substantial sections are given to everyday care, sexual issues, common (an uncommon symptoms), yeast and other infections, vulvar skin issues, vulvar pain, urinary issues, herpes, and genital warts. This book, among other things, discusses what should happen in a gyn exam, tests you should have, what you should ask your doctor, and gives you the vocabulary to ask it intelligently. It also gives a very good overview of the types of infections or skin disorders that may often be dismissed as "probably yeast" and therefore mistreated, perhaps causing permanent problems. There are excellent sections on latex allergy and prenatal exposure to DES, two issues that I have personal experience with.

Amazon.com's rating for the book would probably be higher except for a couple of people who gave the book only one star because the author did not embrace their pet treatment for vulvodynia. The author does, however, discuss that nutritional treatment, the problems it presents in the medical literature (and as a medical librarian, I did my own searches and came up with similar results). I think those low ratings are highly undeserved, especially considering the scope of the book. Dr Stewart is especially concerned with 1) educating women so that they can discuss symptoms with their doctors and not feel embarrassed by a natural and integral part of their health, and 2) alleviating unnecessary pain that many women assume is just "part of being female", and 3) helping women recognise what is "normal" and what needs further treatment. She points the reader to many more sources of information for further study, but this book is a good basic text of the vulvovaginal area. This is a great read for everyone who deals with the V area. Every woman should have a copy, but I would also urge doctors who do not specialise in this area but nevertheless encounter these issues in their practice to read it as well.

Summary of The V Book: A Doctor's Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health

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