Food Allergies – A Complete Guide for Eating when Your Life Depends on it (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book) - Softcover

Sicherer, Scott H.; Acebal, Maria Laura; Sampson, Hugh A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1421408457 ISBN 13: 9781421408453

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Posing the questions that anyone with food allergies will think to ask - and then some - "Food Allergies" provides practical, emotional, and scientific guidance on the topics that affect your life. Allergy expert Scott H. Sicherer addresses the full spectrum of food allergies, from mild to life threatening, from single foods to food families, clearing up misconceptions along the way. He explains how exposure to foods can bring about an allergic response, describes the symptoms of food allergy, and illuminates how food allergies develop. He also recommends tests for diagnosing both food allergies and chronic health problems caused by food allergies - such as eczema, hives, and respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms. "Food Allergies" thoroughly explains how to prevent exposure to a known allergen at home, at school, in restaurants, and elsewhere and what to do if exposure occurs, including how to handle an anaphylactic emergency. Dr. Sicherer also reviews food reactions that are not allergic (such as lactose intolerance), advises how to get adequate nutrition when you must avoid dietary staples, and discusses whether allergies ever go away (they do-and then sometimes they return).

About this title

About the Author

Scott H. Sicherer, MD, is a professor of pediatrics and the director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is the deputy editor of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and the author of Understanding and Managing Your Child's Food Allergies and Food Allergies: A Complete Guide for Eating When Your Life Depends on It.

Edition details

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1421408457
• ISBN 13: 9781421408453
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304