From how to immediately recognize and treat an extreme allergic reaction to tips on how food allergy sufferers may lead normal lives, this A-to-Z guide informs sufferers themselves as well as those around them how to deal with this often deadly condition. With information on the escalating number of food allergy incidences each year and how to determine whether or not the condition really is food allergy related, the narrative examines all aspects of the issue in an easy-to-read, layperson’s tone. In addition to identifying and addressing specific food allergies—cow’s milk, hen’s egg, wheat, peanut and legume, tree nut, seed and spice, seafood, fruit and vegetable—as well as food additive reactions, the handy guide provides a series of true-life stories to further illustrate the often heartbreaking risks of allergic reactions to these foods. This comprehensive personal and public health resource also offers insight into cuisines and restaurants likely to be risky, as well as hints on ways to eat out safely.
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"This book is a must-read for anyone interested in food allergy, especially for parents or patients who have food allergy! It is an A-to-Z compendium of information regarding the increasing problem of food allergy and the real risk for severe, life-threatening reactions." —Frank J. Twarog, MD, PhD, associate clinical professor, Harvard Medical School
"This manual is written in an extremely readable style for different levels of understanding. It is the right book about the right subject and certainly appears at the right time. For anyone involved with food allergy, it is a must." —Michael H. Mellon, MD, associate clinical professor, University of California–San Diego School of Medicine
"Most useful as an introductory reference resource for consumer health collections and as an overall reference resource on the multifaceted, complex nature of food allergies." —Library Journal
"This manual is truly a smorgasbord of tasty morsels of information that should be slowly and carefully digested by all those interested in the field of food allergy." —William E. Berger, MD, MBA, clinical professor, department of pediatrics, University of California–Irvine, and author, Asthma for Dummies
"I have never seen information on food allergy presented in this way and also never before encountered such a complete compilation of applicable and useful facts about food allergy." —Phil Lieberman, MD, clinical professor of medicine and pediatrics, University of Tennessee
"A fascinating mélange of history, culture, human interest and personal anecdotes, all told in a breezy, comfortable, and reassuring style." —Michael Young, MD,
asssistant clinical professor of pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and author, The Peanut Allergy Answer Book
asssistant clinical professor of pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and author, The Peanut Allergy Answer Book
"Rich in background information about foods that is not found in other food allergy books. . . . A unique and tremendously interesting book for those with and without food allergies." —Anne Munoz-Furlong, founder and CEO, The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
About the Author
Paul J. Hannaway, MD, has devoted nearly 30 years of his career to the study and understanding of allergy and immunology and is the author of Asthma: An Emerging Epidemic and What To Do If the Doctor Says It’s Asthma. He is currently an associate professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and has been a fellow at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. He has also served as a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School, chief of the allergy clinic with Boston Floating Hospital, and division head of allergy-immunology at North Shore Medical Center. He lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Albert L. Sheffer, MD, is a clinical professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School. A former director of the allergy clinic at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, he is currently the allergy section chief at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston and the director of the allergy training program at Brigham & Womens Hospital in Boston. He lives in Boston.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Absolutely fascinating, but other books offer more advice...,
This review is from: On the Nature of Food Allergy (Paperback)
If you are the parent of a child newly diagnosed with a food allergy, get thee to "How to Manage Your Child's Life-Threatening Food Allergies" by Linda Marienhoff Coss. THAT book will give you all the information you need, in plain, direct language, about how to live with food allergies and how to keep your child safe.
This book is more academic in tone, and reads more like a fascinating encyclopedia. It explains exactly what happens to your body when you have a food allergy, discusses possible causes for an increase in food allergy, and then goes into great detail about the 10 main food allergen categories: Cows Milk and Hens Egg, Wheat, Peanut and Legume, Tree Nut, Seed and Spice, Seafood, and Fruit and Vegetable. These allergen chapters are particularly interesting, they are descriptive and discuss how the food was introduced into human diets, where the foods grow, how they are served, and the specific problems they might cause. Each chapter also contains useful tables with names and hidden sources of the allergens. There is also a chapter about less common allergic foods, and one about allergies to food additives. Chapters 16, 17, and 18 contain the tips that will be of most help to parents, about the challenges of eating in restaurants, tips for managing food allergy, and how to manage allergies at schools and camps. However, these chapters are not nearly as comprehensive as the book I mentioned earlier. In summary, this book is fascinating and unique and worth reading, but it is not the best book for helping someone live with a food allergy.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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An in-depth reference and resource accessible to readers of all backgrounds.,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: On the Nature of Food Allergy (Paperback)
On the Nature of Food Allergy: A Complete Handbook on Food Allergy for Patients, Parents, Restaurant Personnel, Child-Care Providers, Educators, School Nurses, Dieticians and Health-Care Providers is an in-depth reference and resource accessible to readers of all backgrounds. Chapters cover the lethal allergy of anaphylaxis and its treatment, and allergies to cow's milk, hen's eggs, peanuts and legumes, tree nuts, seeds and spices, seafood, fruits and vegetables, rare allergies, reactions to food additives, which restaurants are the most risky, and more. Of especial interest is the extended coverage on both sides of sensitive debates as to whether to ban peanuts and tree nuts from schools or public places, whether it's beneficial or harmful for pregnant or breastfeeding mothers to avoid common allergen foods. Highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Absolute Necessity for those with Food allergies,
This review is from: On the Nature of Food Allergy (Paperback)
ON THE NATURE OF FOOD ALLERGY BY DR. PAUL J. HANNAWAY is a complete guide to food allergies. This is a book that is an absolute MUST for allergic persons, their loved ones, health professionals, and restauranteers. In this book Dr. Hannaway gives encyclopedic details of food allergies, what causes them, and how to avoid or handle reactions to foods.Until reading this book I was not aware of just how serious food allergies can be, how difficult it is to completely avoid the foods one is known to be allergic to, and how quickly one can die from an allergic reaction. In addition to explaining the vital necessity of an allergic person having not one but two epi pens on his or her person at all times, but also the importance of knowing how to use one correctly, as even the majority of health care professionals do not know that it must be administered in the muscle, not sub-cutaneously. One of the most useful, yet frightening, aspects of this book is the doctor's detailing of hidden uses of culprit foods as additives to various other prepared foods. Did you know someone allergic to peanuts can die from being kissed by someone who ate peanuts or from handling playing cards which a peanut eater previously used? Or that shrimp shells are a component of glucosamine? Vital information for someone allergic to shellfish! By all means get this book!
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