Full Description
In recent years, novel treatments and new management guidelines regarding food allergies have resulted in vastly improved patient outcomes. Food Allergy, 2nd Edition, brings you fully up to date with the latest research and treatment protocols in this complex field, offering the tools you need to quickly and accurately diagnose, treat, and manage food allergies in children and adults. The consistent, practical format-featuring a wealth of case studies, clinical pearls and pitfalls, full-color photos and illustrations, diagrams, and more-makes this an ideal quick reference tool for both allergy clinicians and primary care physicians.
Reflects recent changes in the understanding and treatment of food allergies, from prevalent to less common, including the latest research on mechanisms of allergies and current treatment protocols and guidelines
Provides essential background information on basic immunology and physiology that is critical to understanding new practice changes
Contains extensive updates on peanut allergies, the LEAP prevention study, new oral and subcutaneous immunotherapies, future therapies, natural history and prevention, genetics, microbiome, biomarkers, precision approaches, eosinophilic gastroenteropathies, and more
Discusses the latest understanding of non-IgE-mediated food allergies and a review of unproven diagnostic and therapeutic techniques
Uses a templated, focused format that includes full-color photos and illustrations, diagrams, case studies, clinical pearls, and more
Shares the knowledge, experience, and global perspective of leading international authors
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
Contents
1. Overview of Mucosal Immunity and Development of Oral Tolerance
2. Food Antigens
3. Epidemiology of Food Allergy
4. Clinical Overview of Adverse Reactions to Foods
5. Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergy
6. Food-Induced Urticaria and Angioedema
7. Pollen-Food Syndrome
8. The Respiratory Tract and Food Allergy
9. Food-Induced Anaphylaxis and Food Associated Exercise-Induced Anaphylaxis
10. Eosinophilic Gastroenteropathies (Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis and Eosinophilic Colitis)
11. Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis, Food Protein-Induced Enteropathy, Proctocolitis, and Infantile Colic
12. Approach to Clinical Diagnosis of Food Allergy: Historic Features
13. In Vivo and In Vitro Diagnostic Methods in the Evaluation of Food Allergy
14. Oral Food Challenge Procedures
15. Management of Food Allergy and Development of an Anaphylaxis Treatment Plan
16. Patient Education and Empowerment
17. Future Therapies for Food Allergies
18. Natural History and Prevention of Food Allergy
19. Diets and Nutrition: Cross-Reacting Food Allergens
20. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemmas: Adverse Reactions to Food Additives, Pharmacologic Food Reactions, Psychologic Considerations Related to Food Ingestion
