Taking Charge of Your Child's Allergies: The Informed Parent's Comprehensive Guide

This complete A Z guide to the effective home treatment of children's allergies contains all the latest information and informed advice that you need to manage your child's symptoms and to help him or her understand and control their own allergies. Written with sympathy and professional understanding gained from their own and their children's severe allergies, Drs. Gershwin and Klingelhofer offer in simple, jargon-free language the best and most up-to-date counsel on how to deal effectively with asthma, hay fever, eczema, food allergies, contact dermatitis, hives, headaches, rhinitis, latex allergies, and more. Here concerned parents will learn how to identify their child's allergic symptoms, how to distinguish these from nonallergic symptoms, the best strategies for avoidance, and what to do about them. If your child suffers from allergies and you want to know more about these often cruel afflictions and what can be done to avoid or treat them, Taking Charge of Your Child's Allergies is just what your doctor would order!

Table of Contents:
What Are Allergies, Why Do Children Have Them, How Can I Be Sure My Child Is Really Allergic, And How Best Can I Cope?.- Why Our Child?.- How To Know Whether Your Child Is Allergic.- GuidingYour Allergic Child into the Mainstream.- What Are Allergies’ Triggers and How Can I Avoid or Control Them Effectively?.- Food and Food Additives.- Colds and Respiratory Infections.- Airborne Allergens.- Weather, Climate, and Exercise.- The Common Allergic Diseases, Why Children Develop Them, and The Steps You, The Parent, Can Take To Diagnose, Treat, Control, and Avoid Their Symptoms.- Skin Irritants.- Insect Stings or Bites.- Gastrointestinal Complaints (Colic, Constipation, Diarrhea, and Stomachache).- Asthma (Wheezing and Shortness of Breath).- Hay Fever (Allergic Rhinitis and Chronic Runny Nose).- Eczema and Dry Skin.- Hives.- Itchy Eyes.- Earache.- Plant (Poison Oak or Ivy) and Other Causes of Contact Dermatitis.- General Health Problems: Their Special Importance In Children With Allergies.- Headache.- Fever.- Coughs and Colds.- Other Allergic and Pseudo-Allergic Complaints.- Getting the Best, Most Effective Long-Term Care for Your Allergic Child.- Looking After Your Allergic Child.- Pitfalls to Avoid in Treatment.- Vaccines, Immunization, and Viruses.- The Long Haul: What Happens to Children with Allergies?.

Review :
"An outstanding book...Especially helpful is information on aiding the child to deal independently with allergy problems."-Library Journal's review of the first edition.