Understanding and Managing Your Child's Food Allergies (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

Sicherer MD, Scott H.

ISBN 10: 0801884926 / ISBN 13: 9780801884924

Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0801884926-3-25187980

Inhaltsangabe:

For children with food allergies, eating—one of the basic functions of life—can be a nightmare. Children who suffer or become dangerously ill after eating peanuts, seafood, milk, eggs, wheat, or a host of other foods require constant vigilance from caring, concerned parents, teachers, and friends.

In this empathetic and comprehensive guide, Dr. Scott H. Sicherer, a specialist in pediatric food allergies, gives parents the information they need to manage their children’s health and quality of life. He describes why children develop food allergy, the symptoms of food allergy (affecting the skin, the gastrointestinal tract, and the respiratory system), and the role of food allergy in behavioral problems and developmental disabilities. Parents will learn how to recognize emergency situations, how to get the most out of a visit with an allergist, what allergy test results mean, and how to protect their children—at home, at school, at summer camp, and in restaurants.

Informative, compassionate, and practical, this guide will be indispensable for parents, physicians, school nurses, teachers, and everyone else who cares for children with food allergies.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Scott H. Sicherer, M.D., is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a researcher in the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at Mount Sinai. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and the author of The Complete Peanut Allergy Handbook.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Understanding and Managing Your Child's Food...
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good