Food Allergies: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment : Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Patricia M. Rodgers
Food allergy is an adverse reactions resulting from an inappropriate immunological response to a food antigen. It usually presents as multi-system involvement with gastrointestinal symptoms, cutaneous symptoms, and respiratory symptoms occuring in 50 to 80%, 20 to 40%, and 4 to 25% of cases, respectively. This new book reviews research from around the globe in the study of food allergies including fish allergy diagnosis and detection; allergy mitigation by dietary components; the pathophysiology and mechanisms of food allergy; emergency department anaphylaxis management and management of children with food allergies.
Anno:
2010
Edizione:
1
Casa editrice:
Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
234
ISBN 10:
1614708142
ISBN 13:
9781614708148
Collana:
Nutrition and Diet Research Progress
File:
PDF, 11.76 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2010