Food allergy practical diagnosis and management
Food allergy has increased over the past two decades, with a larger number of patients presenting a myriad of related symptoms and illnesses to physicians and allied health professionals. The growing number of patients poses a challenge to health care providers and confirms the need for developing b...
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Boca Raton
CRC Press
2014
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Clinical manifestation of food allergy
- Prevelence, triggers and cross-reactivity
- Acute reactions and anaphylaxis
- Skin conditions associated wth food allergy
- Gastrointestinal conditions associated with food allergy
- Resporatory conditions associateds with food allergy
- Respiratory conditions associated with food allergy
- Diagnostic testing
- The oral food challenge procedure
- Dietary management
- Managing food avoidance
- Managing food avoidance within the home and outside the home, and lifestyle issues
- Pharmacologic reactions to food and reactions to food addictives
- Prevention
- Natural course
- Future diagnostics and therapies
- Pratical resources foe physician and patients