Parent's Guide to Food Allergies Clear and Complete Advice from the Experts on Raising Your Food-Allergic Child

Name: Parent's Guide to Food Allergies Clear and Complete Advice from the Experts on Raising Your Food-Allergic Child
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ISBN: 9780805066005

ISBN-10: 0805066004

ISBN-13: 9780805066005

Edition: 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Marianne S. Barber, Maryanne Bartoszek Scott, Hugh A. Sampson, Elinor Greenberg

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The most comprehensive book on dealing with childhood food allergies, a problem that affects more than four million children in the United States. Each year thousands of children in this country are diagnosed with one or more food allergies. For them -- and their parents and caregivers -- the ordinary patterns of life are profoundly disrupted. As families struggle with a serious condition that can at any moment become life-threatening, the stress is often overwhelming. Now this invaluable reference provides the practical help and reassurance parents have been waiting for. To write this book, Marianne Barber, whose son has serious food allergies, teamed up with a pediatric allergy…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 4/10/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Maryanne Bartoszek Scott, M.D., is a physician in private practice whose specialty is pediatric allergy & immunology.



Foreword



Lucas's Story


Introduction



Eating



Food Allergy--A Basic Overview



Anaphylaxis



Milk



Egg



Wheat



Peanut



Tree Nuts and Seeds



Soybean



Fish and Shellfish



Unusual Allergies



Food Families



Hidden Allergens



Food Additives



Preventing Allergies in Your Next Child



Communicating with Your Child's Health Care Providers (and Your HMO)



Recipes



Coping



Help and Hope: Two Organizations That Are Making a Difference



Organizing Your Kitchen



Living Gracefully in the Real World



Holidays and Special Occasions



Traveling with Food Allergies



Off to School



Your School-Age Child's Emotional Well-Being



Anxiety, Anger, and Depression



Broadening Our Emotional Range



Emotional Leaders and Task Leaders



Forgiveness



A Roundtable Discussion on Raising a Child with Food Allergies



Itching, Sneezing, and Wheezing



Asthma



Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema)



Environmental Allergies



Glossary of Mysterious Ingredients



Food Manufacturers


Acknowledgments


Index