WHEN SEX HURTS

This completely revised and updated guide addresses the multiple causes and the available treatments provided by the foremost experts. Sexual pain health as a whole has been shrouded in secrecy and shame, however, in When Sex Hurts the authors take a welcoming and compassionate approach and show that with a better understanding of women's sexual health readers will learn that they are not alone in their sexual pain and dysfunction and that there are treatments and therapies to help them.

Painful sex is a condition that causes embarrassment and silence; not only does it often remain undiscussed or misdiagnosed, as many as 40 percent of the women who suffer from it won't seek medical care. The first edition of When Sex Hurts was one of the first trade books to shed light on this health issue. In the past ten years, leading experts Drs. Goldstein, Pukall, Krapf, and Goldstein have continued to make monumental inroads into diagnosing and treating the underlying cause of pelvic pain. Now they have fully revised edition their groundbreaking guide to bring readers updated, lifechanging information even their doctors may be unaware of.

Tackling the stereotypes, myths, and realities of sexual 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 sexual pain
- How to find the right doctor
- The relationship between painful sex and genetics
- The newest in treatment for sexual pain and sexual pain indications, like endometriosis
- Safety and treating sexual pain
- The more than twenty causes of sexual pain
- How psychological factors can contribute to sexual pain

Featuring groundbreaking research and stories from women who've also suffered - and recovered - When Sex Hurts provides all of the tools readers need to stop hurting and start healing.

Andrew Goldstein, MD, is a national medical expert on sexual pain and dysfunction. He is the President-elect of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health and is on faculty at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He lives in Maryland.

Caroline Pukall, PhD, is a leading researcher of women's sexual function and dysfunction and an associate professor at Queen's University. Dr. Pukall has also been interviewed by numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, Bodies, Science VS), Best Health and InStyle magazines, the Globe and Mail newspaper, Reuters, and The Atlantic. She lives in Ontario.

Jill Krapf, MD is a Board-Certified OB/GYN who specializes in female sexual pain, including vulvodynia, overactive pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, and vulvar lichen sclerosus. She earned her M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at The George Washington University, serving as Chief Administrative Resident, and completed a Medical Education fellowship and subsequently earned a Masters in Education. She enjoys cross-stitch, barre, skiing, and traveling with her husband and three active children.

Irwin Goldstein, MD has been involved with sexual dysfunction research for nearly fifty years. Dr. Goldstein is Director of Sexual Medicine at Alvarado Hospital, Clinical Professor of Surgery at University of California at San Diego and Director of San Diego Sexual Medicine where he maintains his clinical practice.