Main description:

This book synthesizes of all aspects of allergy, asthma, and related fields such as aerobiology and immunology and will appeal to allergy practitioners and medical students seeking latest information on allergy and asthma. This well-illustrated book covers aeroallergens and their source plants all over the world. It focuses on allergies caused by pollen and environmental pollution as well as skin disorders such as latex allergies. It contains the latest methods of diagnosis and treatment of allergy and asthma leading to applied clinical immunology.

Contents:

BASICS OF ALLERGY: IMMUNOLOGICAL & CLINICAL. AEROBIOLOGY: BASICS, APPLIED, PICTORIAL ACCOUNT, POLLEN CALENDER, GLOBAL PICTURE, ANTIGEN PREPARATION. . HISTORY TAKING: EVALUATION OF ALLERGIC DISORDERS. UPPER AIRWAYS: ALLERGIC RHINITIS. ALLERGIC CONJUCTIVITIS. SINUSITIS, NASAL POLYPS, and ASA IDIOSYNCRASY. . LOWER AIRWAYS: ASTHMA: PEDIATRIC. ASTHMA: ADULT. ASTHMA: OCCUPATIONAL. . TESTS FOR ALLERGIES & ASTHMA: ALLERGY SKIN TESTS. LUNG FUNCTION TESTING. INHALATIONAL CHALLENGES. EXHALED NO. IMMUNOGLOBULINS,RAST. RHINOLARNGOSCOPY. . TREATMENT OPTIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. PHARMACOTHERAPY. ALLERGEN IMMUNOTHERAPY. SKIN DISORDERS: URTICARIA & ANGIOEDEM. ATOPIC DERMATITI. CONTACT DERMATITI. FOOD ALLERGY: GLOBAL VIE. MISCELLANEOUS ALLERGIES: DRUGS. INSECTS. LATEX. . ALLERGIC EMERGENCIES: ANAPHYLAXIS/ANGIOEDEM. AIR POLLUTION: BIOMASS FUEL, OUTDOOR/INDOOR POLLUTION, GLOBAL WARMING. CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE: A GLOBAL ISSUE. EASTERN MEDICINE: CONTROVERSIES IN ALLERGIES & ASTHMA. FUTURE TECHNIQUES: GENOMICS, EPIGENETICS. ALLERGY/ASTHMA CLINIC: SET UP, PATIENT COUNSELLING, PATIENT EDUCATION. IMMUNODEFECIENCY: PRESENTATIONS, DIAGNOSIS & RX. GLOSSARY & BIBLIOGRAPHY.