Reversibility of chronic degenerative disease and hypersensitivity. The effects of environmental pollutants on the organ system / Volume 2, (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Effects of environmental pollutants on the organ system
• Further Information: Note: By William J. Rea, Kalpana D. Patel.
• Authors: Dr, Rea, William J; Patel, Kalpana
• Contents: Integument; Introduction; Structure and Function of Skin; Pollutant Injury to the Physiology of the Skin; Mechanisms of Action of Toxic Chemicals; Toxic Skin Reactions; Dermal Vascular Response to Pollutant Injury; Itching, Stinging, and Burning; Autoimmune Contact Dermatitis; Acute Skin Reactions from Pollutant Exposure; Eczema; Psoriasis; Boils; Hyper-IgE Syndrome; Aging of the Skin; Summary; References; ; Ear, Nose, and Throat; Introduction; Environmental Triggering Agents and Their Internal Response Mechanism; Respiratory Functions of the Nose; Pollutant Injury: Clinical Effects on the Nose, Sinuses, and Salivary Glands; Pollutant Injury to the Throat, Neck, and Larynx; Pollutant Injury to the Ear and Balance Mechanism; Headaches; Teeth; Temporal Mandibular Joint; Conclusion; References; ; Respiratory Homeostatic Dysfunction, Lower Respiratory Tract Dysfunction; Introduction; Respiration; Air Quality; Ventilation and Associated Clinical Changes with Air Pollution; Physical Principle of Gas Exchange; Pathology of Pollutant Injury to the Respiratory Tree; Clinical Evidence of Pollutant Injury; Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Chemical Sensitivity; Summary; References; ; Homeostasis and Dyshomeostasis of the Gastrointestinal Tract; Introduction: Normal Gastrointestinal Function; Integrated Mucosal and Endothelial Injury; Pollutant Effects on the Connective Tissue Matrix; Pollutant Effects on the Smooth Muscle; Pollutant Effects on the Peripheral Sensory, Spinal Sensory, and the Autonomic Nervous System; Pollutant Injury to the Neuroendocrine System of the Gut; Pollutant Injury to the Immune System of the Gut; Pollutant Injury to the Intestinal Microflora; Clinical Entities of the Gastrointestinal Tract Influenced by Pollutant Injury; Liver; Pancreas; Summary; References; ; Homeostasis and Dyshomeostasis of the Genitourinary Tract; Introduction; Kidney and Upper Urogenital System; Bladder and Lower Urogenital System; Penile Function and Erectile Dysfunction; Diagnosis and Treatment of Pollutant Injury to the Genitourinary System; Conclusion; References; ; Pollutant Injury to the Eye; Introduction; Pollutant Injury to the Nervous System of the Eye; Nutrient Deficiency in the Eye; Measurement of Pollutant Injury of the Autonomic Nervous System of the Eye; Clinical Manifestation of Pollutant Damage to the Eye; Visual Fields; Summary; References ; ; Breast; Introduction; Mastodynia; Inflammation of the Breast; Chronic Cystic Mastitis; Premalignant Lesions; Carcinoma; Artificial Breast Implants; References Pediatrics; Introduction; Chapter Overview; Initial Stage of Life and Development; Fetus; General Considerations: The Child’s Environment and Pollutant Exposure; Newborn: Birth to 2 Months; Infants: 2 Months to 2 Years; Children: 2–6 Years; Children 6–12 Years; Adolescent: Ages 12–18 Years; Diagnosis and Treatment; Effects of Contaminated Air, Water, and Food on Children; Summary; References; ; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 616.044; Chronic diseases -- Epidemiology; Chronic diseases -- Treatment; Chronically ill -- Rehabilitation; Multiple chemical sensitivity
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439813447
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