A guide to food allergies in children that covers symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, avoiding allergens, allergies at different ages and stages, emotional concerns, long term effects, research, and resources.
Offers parents a comprehensive introduction to the physiological aspects of food allergies in babies and children, with tips and strategies for dealing with food allergies and intolerances and advice on dealing with the top ten allergens.
Offers practical advice on how to handle the wide variety of situations faced by the parents of children with severe food allergies, explaining how to recognize and treat anaphylaxis, handle grocery shopping, and create a food safe-haven at home, and discussing cooking, socializing, dining in restaurants, and other topics.
clear and complete advice from the experts on raising your food-allergic child
Barber, Marianne S
2001
Provides practical advice for parents in handling children's food allergies, discussing a variety of allergens; concerns at home and school, on holidays, and while traveling; children's emotional well-being; food allergies combined with asthma, eczema, and environmental allergies; and other related topics.
Explores the ways in which children's nutritional needs are different from adult needs, the role of nutrition in the ability to learn and concentrate, and how foods affect behavior in children.
Describes allergic reactions to foods, explains how children develop food allergies, and explains how treat reactions, also providing a recipe for chocolate cake without milk, eggs, or nuts.
Aneil describes what it's like to have food allergies, but how checking foods, before he eats them, for the things that make him sick allows him to live a normal life most of the time.
