The complete guide to allergies Recognizing and treating today's most common and unusual allergens
Book - 2024
While providing amusing anecdotes, games and allergy-free recipes, an allergist explores the world of the most common allergies and introduces us to the strangest and newest allergies that have impacted large numbers of the population in recent years.
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New York, NY :
Skyhorse Publishing
2024.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First Skyhorse Publishing edition
- Physical Description
- xi, 239 pages ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231).
- ISBN
- 9781510773967
- Introduction
- Part 1. Exploring New Allergies
- Chapter 1. What Is an Allergy?
- Immediate IgE-mediated respiratory and food allergies
- Non-IgE-mediated allergic contact dermatitis
- Non-IgE-mediated food allergies
- Hives
- Chapter 2. The Gut Microbiome, Dysbiosis, and Allergies
- Food intolerance and NCGS (Non-celiac gluten sensitivity)
- Lactose intolerance
- Non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS)
- FODMAPs
- Non-IgE-mediated food allergies
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
- Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES)
- Non-IgE-mediated cows milk protein allergy (CMPA)
- The ABCs of digestion
- Millions of them
- Pre- and probiotics
- Chapter 3. Unusual Allergies
- Inviting bees to your table is a bad idea
- Eating little critters
- The surfer and the Japanese delicacy
- The true story of natto allergy
- Oodles of noodles … and PGA
- Caviar-the diamonds of the sea?
- Beluga caviar-not as great as everyone says
- An invisible allergen
- Dangerous dewdrops
- When beer makes your body itch
- Those nasty LTPs
- Where is it brewed?
- When the lips get involved
- Against your skin
- The problem is in the peel …
- Schoolboy tragedy
- What does Peter Rabbit have to do with this?
- What about cow's milk protein?
- A joint and a peach …
- Be careful, ladies and gentlemen
- Cannabis allergies
- Cross-reactivities
- Dangerous inhalations
- When the truth comes to light
- Walnuts hiding in the dust …
- Trouble in the air
- A twenty-four-carat allergy
- When a trip to the dentist proves very revealing
- Where else does gold slip in?
- Is there an allergen on the plane?
- A high-risk journey
- Caution Is the mother of safety
- More fish egg problems
- Tango that tingles
- The strange allergic effect of the thirsty tick
- Babies, milk, and cows … wow!
- CMPA stories …
- More on milk
- What about plant-based milks?
- Are hypoallergenic formulas helpful?
- What is a "dangerous bottle"?
- Some numbers
- Several kinds of CMPA
- Major milk allergens
- Which formulas are safe for a baby with CMPA?
- The Essure saga: Was this really a nickel allergy?
- Amazing allergy research from Japan
- Healing with a kiss
- Therapeutic laughter
- Music therapy
- Chapter 4. Allergies and Covid-19
- Inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of asthma
- Hay fever
- Protective masks
- Hand sanitizers
- Vaccination and anaphylaxis
- Post-Covid syndrome and your skin
- A warning about pholcodine and Covid-19
- Chapter 5. Allergies, Intimacy, and Sex
- Uninvited guests
- Choosing the right place for the big event
- Increasing pleasure
- Honeymoon rhinitis-not an allergy
- Keeping up appearances
- Nail polish
- Waxing
- Eyebrow treatments
- Fragrances
- Fillers
- Part 2. Allergy Riddles and Curiosities
- A Note from Alex Dessinateur
- Chapter 6. Who's the Culprit?
- Riddles
- The lovely Élise
- The two brothers
- You don't have to be the Hulk
- One baby, two pistols?
- Solutions
- The lovely Élise
- The two brothers
- You don't have to be the Hulk
- One baby, two pistols?
- Chapter 7. The Question-and-Answer Game
- Questions
- Something smells fishy
- Hive mentality
- Strange worms
- Like the Amish
- Pain in my pumps
- Chicken and aquatic animals
- Answers
- Something smells fishy
- Hive mentality
- Strange worms
- Like the Amish
- Pain in my pumps
- Chicken and aquatic animals
- Chapter 8. Allergy Snapshots
- Chapter 9. Allergies, Science Fiction, and Comics
- Does Darth Vader have asthma?
- Farewell, Agrippine
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Recipes
- Stuffed Tomatoes with Sunflower-Cucumber Cream
- Sweet Potato and Zucchini Fritters
- Chocolate Madeleines
- Original or Chocolate Langues de Chat Cookies
- Organic Chocolate Coconut Spread
- Homemade Plant-Based Milk
- Websites and mobile applications: Allergies 4.0
- Allergy-related organizations and websites
- Food allergies
- Allergy-friendly food websites
- Pollen-related rhinitis
- Allergies and sleep apnea in children
- Concise Bibliography
- Additional Sources
- Acronyms
- Acknowledgments