Instant Allergy Manual

Allergic diseases are common and they have increased in frequency over the last three decades. More than 30% of the total population suffer from excema, hay fever or asthma, which apparently are the diseases of modern society. The severely allergic patients are treated by specialists in allergy and dermatology, and Niels Mygind has addressed this in the text Essential

1. The cells and molecules of allergy; 2. Allergy: an increasing problem; 3. Allergens: the causes of allergy; 4. Diagnosis of allergy; 5. The gastro-intestinal tract and food sensitivity; 6. Atopic dermatitis; 7. Urticaria and angioedema; 8. Allergic contact eczema; 9. Eye diseases; 10. Rhinitis: pathogenesis; 11. Rhinitis: drugs; 12. Seasonal allergic rhinitis; 13. Perennial rhinitis; 14. Nasal polyposis and sinusitis; 15. Asthma in adults: pathogenesis; 16. Asthma in adutls: diagnosis; 17. Asthma in adults: drugs; 18. Asthma in adults: management; 19. Asthma death; 20. Asthma in childhood; 21. Immunotherapy; 22. Anaphylaxis; 23. Allergy to bee and wasp; 24. Latex allergy; Index