Home Allergies: Don't Let Your Home Make You Sick [Paperback]

William E. Walsh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2003

Your home can keep you healthy or make you sick. If you suffer from headaches, congestion, wheezing, or repeated sinus infections, your home may be causing your sickness. Its air may be contaminated by high levels of mold, pet dander or house dust mite. Breathing this air can make you feel tired, sluggish and drained of energy.

You do not need to suffer these illnesses. You can change your home or you can build a low-allergy home and William E. Walsh, M.D., a board-certified allergist, shows you how to make these changes or build this home. For over 30 years he has treated thousands of patients who live in moldy homes and he knows what makes a home sick. Following his advice, his patients have turned sick homes into healthy homes and he tells their stories as he shares with you the advice that they followed so successfully. From the home’s location to the condition of the basement, from the kitchen to the bedroom, from carpeting to pets, you will examine a home through the eyes of an experienced allergist.

In Food Allergy: The Complete Guide to Understanding and Relieving Your Food Allergies (ISBN 047138268X), he taught you how to find the foods that make you sick and eliminate them from your diet. Now join him as he guides you to the healthy home. Learn how to keep your home’s air fresh and invigorating so that you feel rested and comfortable, ready to take on the tasks of the day with enthusiasm.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Written specifically for the non-specialist general reader, Home Allergies is a positive and useful handbook recommended for allergy sufferers everywhere. -- The Midwest Book Review, April, 2003

About the Author

I am Dr. William E. Walsh and I grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. There I attended St. Luke's Grade School, Cretin High School and St. Thomas College. I graduated with degrees in biology, chemistry and psychology. After studying medicine at Creighton University I graduated as a Doctor of Medicine in 1963. Following internship at St. Paul, Ramsey County Hospital, I served in the Air Force from 1964 to 1966.

Our base hospital had no allergy clinic to serve the many service men and women and their families who suffered from allergy so I started this clinic. I found that I enjoyed treating allergic patients and this interest remains as fresh today as when I first discovered it in 1966. Realizing that I needed further training to give my patients the best results of which I was capable, I studied allergy as a fellow of the Mayo Clinic, graduating in 1970.

In 1972 and again in 1982 and 1989 I passed the tests of the Board of Allergy and Immunology, certifying and recertifying my status as a specialist in allergy. I am a fellow of The American College of Allergy and a clinical professor at the University of Minnesota where I teach allergy to resident doctors.

I believe strongly in the value of research in allergy. As a fellow at the Mayo Clinic, I co-authored studies on penicillin allergy. In practice I have published studies on the characterization of cyclodextrans and on skin test reactions and food allergy.

My practice is a consulting practice in allergy in St. Paul. I diagnose and treat patients who suffer from complicated allergic illness, patients referred to me by family doctors, internists, pediatricians, and other medical care specialists.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Adult & Child Allergy Pubns Inc (May 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963154419
• ISBN-13: 978-0963154415
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,465,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An important publication, January 10, 2007

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This review is from: Home Allergies: Don't Let Your Home Make You Sick (Paperback)

Dr. Walsh was my allergist from about age two through young adulthood, and even those thirty-some years ago he was considered a leader in his field.

This book is easy to read and understand, and the information it provides is practical and can be realistically implemented. If you or anyone in your home suffer from allergies (especially children!), this book is a must.