Full Description
This text addresses the need for a practical handbook on asthma and allergy in adolescents and young adults, which constitutes an interesting and challenging age group. Asthma may diminish in intensity with age but is still an ongoing concern. In addition, compliance with management is not generally successful, with the risk that, the failure to treat it adequately could lead to long-term sequelae (namely, COPD). Finally, obesity and sedentarism in young adults and adolescents can worsen asthma on the one hand, while some can be athletes on the other hand. This ready reckoner aims to help in understanding clinical allergy, which is imperative for every physician who is caring for patients with asthma given its high prevalence and heterogeneous treatment options.
KEY FEATURES
Covers allergic diseases in general and asthma in detail, and provides comprehensive coverage of clinical features, diagnosis and management, using a case-based approach
Creates awareness of the fundamentals of clinical allergy, helping physicians make wise choices in medical and surgical management, especially in resource-limited settings
Features insight from international authors with clinical experience in the diagnosis and treatment of asthma in the specific age group of adolescents and young adults
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section-1- ALLERGY
1. Biology of allergy
2. Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis
3. Atopic dermatitis and eczema
4. Urticaria
5. Hereditary angioedema
6. Food allergy
7. Drug allergy
8. Insect allergy
9. Life threatening allergy
10. Allergy testing
Section- 2- ASTHMA IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS
11. Epidemiology of Asthma in Children and Young Adults
12. Hygiene hypothesis and global increase in incidence of Asthma
13. Pathophysiology of asthma
14. Smoking and Vaping in young adults and its influence on asthma
15.Clinical Presentation of Asthma in adolescents & young adults
16. Diagnosis of asthma
17.Asthma in children- What happens when they grow?
18. Asthma in pregnancy
19. Asthma and obesity
20. Difficult to control asthma
21. Acute severe Asthma: Diagnosis and Management
22. Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
23. Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Section 3-MANAGEMENT OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA IN ADOLESCENTS & YOUNG ADULTS
24. Patient education and Lifestyle Modification in Asthma Management
25. Role of antihistamines, antileukotrienes and mast cell stabilizers in allergy and asthma
26. Role of bronchodilators in Asthma
27.Role of Corticosteroids in Allergic Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults
28. Inhaler Therapy for Asthma in Adolescents and Young Adults
29. Management of Chronic severe asthma
30. Biological for Asthma in adolescents & Young adults
31. Allergen immunotherapy
32. Management guidelines for asthma in young adults
