Food Allergies. Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment - Nutrition and Diet Research Progress

Description:

Food allergy is an adverse reactions resulting from an inappropriate immunological response to a food antigen. It usually presents as multi-system involvement with gastrointestinal symptoms, cutaneous symptoms, and respiratory symptoms occuring in 50 to 80%, 20 to 40%, and 4 to 25% of cases, respectively. This new book reviews research from around the globe in the study of food allergies including fish allergy diagnosis and detection; allergy mitigation by dietary components; the pathophysiology and mechanisms of food allergy; emergency department anaphylaxis management and management of children with food allergies.)

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 - Food Allergy pp. 1-51
  Authors / Editors: (Alexander K.C. Leung, James S.C. Leung, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and others)
• Chapter 2 - Fish Allergy: A Comprehensive Review of Recent Developments in Fish Allergy Diagnosis and Fish Allergen Detection pp. 51-78
  Authors / Editors: (Annette Kuehn, Christiane Hilger, Francois Hentges, CRP-Santé, Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Allergology, Luxembourg, and others)
• Chapter 3 - Immunomodulation by Food: Allergy Mitigation by Dietary Components pp. 79-94
  Authors / Editors: (Harry J. Wichers, Jurriaan J. Mes, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands)
• Chapter 4 - Pathophysiology and Mechanisms of Food Allergy pp. 95-106
  Authors / Editors: (Patricia Olaya Paschoal, Gerlinde Teixeira, Cristina Miuki Abe Jacob, Centro Universitário Plínio Leite, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, and others)
• Chapter 5 - In Search of a More Comprehensive Allergy Diagnostic: Assessment of the Total-Body IgE Pool pp. 107-112
  Authors / Editors: (Eleonora Dehlink, Edda Fiebiger, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and others)
• Chapter 6 - Development of an Anaphylaxis Order Set to Improve Emergency Department Anaphylaxis Management pp. 113-118
  Authors / Editors: (Ronna L. Campbell, Lekshmi Vaidyanathan, Abhijit R. Kanthala, Wyatt W. Decker, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota)
• Chapter 7 - Clinical Manifestations of Food Allergy pp. 119-148
  Authors / Editors: (Alexander K.C. Leung, Deepak Kamar, University of Calgary, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and others)
• Chapter 8 - Potential effect of combined high pressure and enzymatic treatments on the acceleration of proteolysis and reduction of immunoreactivity of dairy proteins. Prevention and treatment of cow’s milk allergy pp. 149-162
  Authors / Editors: (Elena Peñas and Dr. Rosario Gómez, Instituto del Frío, ICTAN (C.S.I.C), Spain)
• Chapter 9 - Prevention Strategies for Food Allergy Might Intervene with the Development of Atopic Dermatitis and the Atopic March pp. 163-182
  Authors / Editors: (Betty C.A.M. van Esch, Linette E.M. Willemsen, Johan Garssen, Léon M.J. Knippels, Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute Pharmaceutical Sciences , Faculty of Beta Sciences, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, the Netherlands, and others)
• Chapter 10 - Management of the Child with Food Allergy pp. 183-204
  Authors / Editors: (Alexander K.C. Leung, Kam-Iun Ellis Hon, University of Calgary, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and others)