FOOD ALLERGIES: CLINICAL AND NUTRITIONAL PERSPECTIVES
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 1 WHAT ARE THE BASIC FACTS ABOUT FOOD ALLERGY 1 ALLERGY AND OTHER ADVERSE REACTIONS TO FOODS 3 SYMPTOMS AND ILLNESSES 8 SEVERITY 9 WHEN SYMPTOMS ARE NOT A FOOD ALLERGY 10 MASQUERADERS OF FOOD ALLERGY 14 PREVALENCE OF FOOD ALLERGIES 15 CAUSES AND TRIGGERS OF FOOD ALLERGIES 17 PEANUTS 18 EGGS 20 COW S MILK 24 WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS 25 TREE NUTS 29 SEEDS 30 SOY 32 LEGUMES 33 VEGETABLES AND STARCHES 34 FRUITS 35 MEATS 36 FISH 38 SHELL SH 40 SPICES 41 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 42 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD ALLERGENS AND COLORS ADDITIVES AND PRESERVATIVES 46 WHEN TO SEEK HELP 47 DELVING DEEPER LATEX AND FOOD ALLERGIES 47 ALSO OF INTEREST UNUSUAL FOOD REACTIONS CHAPTER 2 49 WHAT DO I NEED TO TELL THE DOCTOR TO HELP GET A FOOD ALLERGY DIAGNOSIS 49 WHEN TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR 50 HOW TO PREPARE FOR A DOCTOR VISIT 54 FINDING THE RIGHT DOCTOR AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 56 DELVING DEEPER ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES 58 ALSO OF INTEREST TESTS TO AVOID CHAPTER 3 59 THESE FOOD ALLERGY TESTS ARE CONFUSING WHAT DO THEY MEAN 59 GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT TESTING 60 SKIN TESTS 67 BLOOD TESTS AND HOW THEY COMPARE WITH SKIN TESTS 74 ELIMINATION DIETS 77 ORAL FOOD CHALLENGES FEEDING TESTS 84 ADDITIONAL TESTS 86 UNPROVEN AND DISPROVEN TESTS 88 DELVING DEEPER IMPROVED DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND COMPONENT TESTING 90 ALSO OF INTEREST REASONS FOR UNEXPECTED TEST RESULTS CHAPTER 4 91 WHAT IS ANAPHYLAXIS AND HOW DO I TREAT IT 91 GENERAL QUESTIONS ON ANAPHYLAXIS 101 EPINEPHRINE 108 ANTIHISTAMINES 111 ADDITIONAL MEDICATIONS AND TREATMENTS FOR ANAPHYLAXIS 113 WRITTEN EMERGENCY PLANS EDUCATION MEDICAL IDENTI CATION JEWELRY MANAGEMENT ISSUES 115 DELVING DEEPER PREDICTING ANAPHYLAXIS AND TAKING A TREATMENT QUIZ 118 ALSO OF INTEREST EXERCISE AND ANAPHYLAXIS 118 ANSWERS TO DELVING DEEPER ANAPHYLAXIS TREATMENT QUIZ CHAPTER 5 120 WHAT CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY FOOD ALLERGY 120 GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT CHRONIC ILLNESSES AND FOODS 121 RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS 121 HIVES 124 ATOPIC DERMATITIS ECZEMA 127 GASTROINTESTINAL DIGESTIVE ILLNESSES 128 COLIC CONSTIPATION IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME AND RE UX 132 CELIAC DISEASE GLUTEN SENSITIVE ENTEROPATHY 133 PROCTOCOLITIS FOOD PROTEIN INDUCED PROCTOCOLITIS 135 FOOD PROTEIN INDUCED ENTEROCOLITIS SYNDROME 141 FOOD PROTEIN ENTEROPATHY AND PROTEIN INTOLERANCE 141 EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS AND OTHER EOSINOPHILIC GUT DISEASES 147 DELVING DEEPER DELAYED ALLERGIC REACTIONS 147 ALSO OF INTEREST CHRONIC ILLNESSES THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO FOOD ALLERGIES CHAPTER 6 149 HOW DO I AVOID ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO FOODS 149 GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT AVOIDING ALLERGIC REACTIONS 151 CROSS CONTACT 152 AMOUNTS THAT TRIGGER A REACTION AND CASUAL EXPOSURE 157 AVOIDANCE AT HOME 159 PURCHASING MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS 164 RESTAURANTS 168 SOCIAL OUTINGS AND FAMILY GATHERINGS 169 SCHOOL 184 CAMP 185 WORK 186 TRAVEL 188 DATING AND RELATIONSHIPS 189 AGE RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES 192 SPECIAL EXPOSURE RISKS 195 DELVING DEEPER RISKS AND RISK REDUCTION CONTROVERSIES 195 ALSO OF INTEREST THE PEANUT SNIF NG DOG CHAPTER 7 197 HOW DO I MANAGE A FOOD ALLERGY WHILE LIVING A NORMAL AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE WITH ADEQUATE NUTRITION 197 GENERAL QUESTIONS ON LIFESTYLE AND QUALITY OF LIFE 199 EMOTIONAL CONCERNS AND ANXIETY 204 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND BULLYING 207 NUTRITION 213 DELVING DEEPER AN ALLERGIC REACTION S EFFECT ON QUALITY OF LIFE 213 ALSO OF INTEREST ANXIETY REACTIONS CHAPTER 8 214 WILL THESE FOOD ALLERGIES EVER GO AWAY 214 GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOD ALLERGY RESOLUTION 215 THE COURSE OF ALLERGIES TO SPECI C FOODS 217 THE COURSE OF ILLNESSES CAUSED BY FOOD ALLERGIES 218 EVALUATIONS FOR RESOLUTION OF FOOD ALLERGY 219 RECURRENCE OF A FOOD ALLERGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FOOD ALLERGIES 220 FACTORS AFFECTING THE COURSE OF FOOD ALLERGIES 221 DELVING DEEPER RESOLUTION OF FOOD ALLERGIES 222 ALSO OF INTEREST THE AIR FOOD CONNECTION CHAPTER 9 223 IS THERE ANY WAY TO PREVENT FOOD ALLERGIES 223 GENERAL QUESTIONS ON PREVENTION 228 PREGNANCY DIETS 229 BREAST FEEDING AND FORMULAS 232 INTRODUCING SOLID FOODS 233 CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS 235 NONDIETARY ASPECTS OF PREVENTION 237 DELVING DEEPER DIF CULTIES IN STUDYING ALLERGY PREVENTION 238 ALSO OF INTEREST INSIGHTS ON PREVENTION FROM WORLDWIDE OBSERVATIONS CHAPTER 10 239 WILL THERE BE A CURE OR BETTER TREATMENT OF FOOD ALLERGY 239 GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH 243 APPROACHES TO TREAT ANY TYPE OF FOOD ALLERGY 246 APPROACHES TO TREAT ALLERGIES TO SPECI C FOODS 251 TREATMENTS OF SPECI C FOOD ALLERGIC DISEASES 251 UNPROVEN TREATMENTS 254 PARTICIPATING IN FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH 258 DELVING DEEPER CHINESE HERBAL THERAPIES 259 ALSO OF INTEREST WHY HAS RESEARCH BEEN SO SLOW CHAPTER 11 260 HOW DO I GET MORE HELP AND INFORMATION TO MANAGE FOOD ALLERGIES 260 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 266 SUPPORT GROUPS ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH 267 HANDY FORMS 270 SELECTED MEDICAL REFERENCES