The peanut allergy answer book. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael C. Young, M.D.
• Authors: Young, Michael C
• Contents: ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface to the third edition""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 1 ALLERGIES IN A NUTSHELL""; ""What are food allergies?""; ""How are food allergies related to the immune system?""; ""How do you know whether you have a food allergy?""; ""How do I choose an allergist?""; ""What information does your doctor need to diagnose food allergies?""; ""What are the different kinds of allergy tests and how do they work?""; ""What is a specific IgE test?""; ""Can allergy tests predict the severity of a reaction?"" ""How accurate are allergy tests?""""What are component-resolved diagnostic tests and are they more accurate than skin tests and specific IgE tests?""; ""If I can eat peanuts without any problems, even though my peanut allergy tests are positive, should I stop eating them?""; ""What is a food challenge?""; ""What is the youngest age to undergo a food challenge?""; ""What is an elimination diet?""; ""Are there food reactions that arenâ€?t allergies?""; ""CHAPTER 2 PEANUT ALLERGY 101""; ""What is the historical background of peanut allergy?"" ""What is the history of peanut allergy in medicine?""""How common is peanut allergy?""; ""Why have peanut allergy and other allergic diseases increased so dramatically, particularly in young children?""; ""What is the hygiene hypothesis and how is it related to peanut allergy?""; ""Why is peanut allergy more common in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia compared to the rest of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East?""; ""How does tolerance to foods develop?""; ""What are the reasons for loss of food tolerance?""; ""Does early avoidance of peanut prevent or result in peanut allergy?"" ""Is peanut allergy hereditary?""""Should the sibling of a child with peanut allergy avoid peanuts?""; ""At how early an age can peanut sensitization occur?""; ""What is it in peanuts that make them so allergenic?""; ""Is the peanut a true nut?""; ""Are there nuts that do not commonly cause allergies?""; ""Should you avoid all members of a food family if you are allergic to one food in that family?""; ""Are peanut-allergic individuals also allergic to tree nuts?""; ""Should peanut-allergic individuals avoid tree nuts?""; ""Should peanut- and nut-allergic individuals avoid seeds?"" ""Does soy formula cause peanut allergy in infants?""""Can peanut protein be found in breast milk?""; ""Can peanut allergy be transferred from person to person?""; ""Can peanut allergy be cured by organ transplantation?""; ""Will I outgrow my peanut allergy?""; ""When should children undergo a peanut challenge to see whether theyâ€?ve outgrown their allergy?""; ""Can a food challenge be wrong?""; ""Is there a chance that after I outgrow my peanut allergy, the peanut allergy may come back?""; ""Can allergies to tree nuts be outgrown?""; ""CHAPTER 3 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ANAPHYLAXIS""
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Gloucester, Massachusetts : Fair Winds
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.975; Food allergy -- Popular works; Peanut products -- Health aspects; Peanuts -- Health aspects; Food allergy; Electronic books; Popular works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781610589147; 1610589149
• Related ISBNs: 9781592335671; 1592335675
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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