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Seductive Delusions

How Everyday People Catch STIs

Jill Grimes, MD

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Sexually active young people urgently need this book.

A 2009 Book of the Year, USA Book News

"It can’t happen to me." Many high school students and young adults, seduced by their sense of invincibility, are stunned when they are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection (STI). But the fact is that anyone can catch an STI: no age group, social class, economic class, culture, religion, gender, or ethnic group is immune.

To drive home the risks and realities of unprotected sex, Dr. Jill Grimes shares real-life stories of young people—medical students, college freshmen, teenagers, young...

Sexually active young people urgently need this book.

A 2009 Book of the Year, USA Book News

"It can’t happen to me." Many high school students and young adults, seduced by their sense of invincibility, are stunned when they are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection (STI). But the fact is that anyone can catch an STI: no age group, social class, economic class, culture, religion, gender, or ethnic group is immune.

To drive home the risks and realities of unprotected sex, Dr. Jill Grimes shares real-life stories of young people—medical students, college freshmen, teenagers, young parents, talented entrepreneurs—who have gotten an STI. Dr. Grimes narrates the story of Liz, who got syphilis; Sofia, diagnosed with gonorrhea and chlamydia; and Zoe, with pubic lice. She describes how Justin got herpes, Sean got trichomoniasis, and Luke contracted hepatitis C. The accounts of these young men and women and their exam-room conversations with their doctors evoke both the physical symptoms and complicated emotional reactions that often go together with infection. Fact sheets throughout the book explain each sexually transmitted infection and answer frequently asked questions about symptoms, treatment, and prevention.

Used in high schools for the past five years, this new edition of Seductive Delusions shows how technological advances have speeded doctor-patient communication, including test results and treatment recommendations. It explains simplified STI testing, explores the frighteningly high incidence of date sexual assault, examines dramatic changes in cervical cancer prevention and Pap tests, and clarifies why HPV vaccines are now routinely recommended for all children—boys and girls.

Whether reading the book from cover to cover or jumping directly to a specific disease, readers will relate to the dramatic stories while learning medically reliable information. Making emotionally and physically safe decisions about sex is easier when you know how STIs are spread, how to avoid getting one, what their symptoms are, and how they are diagnosed and treated.

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Eminently readable – applicable to and appropriate for all ages - this text anticipates and answers questions regarding the length and breadth of our current contemporary Sexually Transmitted Infections. When initially published in 2008 this outstanding text was vital, valuable and much needed; then, when published as a Second Edition in 2016 this text is even more vital, valuable and even more needed.

Don't be surprised if you find yourself thinking, ‘That sounds like me!’ Dr. Grimes gives us the much needed reality check and the necessary information to prevent us from becoming a character in Seductive Delusions.

One of my students asked, ‘Is it weird if some of the people in my group are reading this book like it is The Hunger Games?’ I thought that was a compliment to Dr. Grimes and Seductive Delusions!

Grimes debunks the 'seductive delusion' that people cannot catch STDs if they choose the 'right' partner in a readable and well-organized book.

While probably not recreational reading, the book is a good gift for the teen in your life that just might be contemplating getting into a relationship (sexual or not).

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Available
Trim Size
5.5
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8.5
Pages
320
ISBN
9781421419244
Table of Contents

Preface
Herpes Simplex Virus
1. Grace
2. Justin
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Facts
Human Papilloma Virus
3. Chase
4. Chloe
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Facts
Cervical Cancer
5. Rachel
Cervical Cancer Facts
Chlamydia

Preface
Herpes Simplex Virus
1. Grace
2. Justin
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Facts
Human Papilloma Virus
3. Chase
4. Chloe
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Facts
Cervical Cancer
5. Rachel
Cervical Cancer Facts
Chlamydia
6. Tyler
7. Sofia
Chlamydia Facts
Gonorrhea
8. Kiara
9. Logan
Gonorrhea Facts
Date Rape
10. Ashley
Date Rape Facts
Trichomoniasis
11. Alyssa
12. Sean
Trichomoniasis Facts
Pubic Lice
13. Zoe
14. Ryan
Pubic Lice Facts
HIV
15. Evan
16. Tanya
HIV Facts
Hepatitis C
17. Shannon
18. Luke
Hepatitis C (HCV) Facts
Syphilis
19. Gavin
20. Liz
Syphilis Facts
21. Grace's Epilogue
Bibliography
Symptoms Index

Author Bio
Jill Grimes, MD
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Jill Grimes, MD

Jill Grimes, MD, practices medicine within the Urgent Care Department of the University of Texas at Austin’s University Health Services. She is the editor of Sexually Transmitted Disease: An Encyclopedia of Diseases, Prevention, Treatment, and Issues.
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