The Allergies Handbook & Resource Guide combines valuable, easy-to-understand educational information for consumers, patients, and their families. This volume brings together studies and statistics about allergies, discussions about treatment and outcomes, and details on types of allergies, including airborne, food, medicine & drug, and skin contact allergies. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 50 million Americans suffer from allergies. This represents about 15% of the U.S. population.
• Studies & Statistics About Allergies: This four-color section is more than 300 pages and includes detailed reports, maps, graphs, and tables from sources such as the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, and the National Institutes of Health. Coverage is current, comprehensive, and discusses the prevalence of allergies in children and adults, causes, treatments, and co-existing conditions.
• Allergies Resources: This section includes information on a variety of allergies, applicable to people of all ages. An informative description is given, followed by a variety of resources for patients, their families, peers, and caregivers.
• Co-occurring Conditions: This section details numerous specific conditions that commonly affect individuals with allergies, featuring detailed descriptions on each condition and informative resources for readers.
Additional sections include a Glossary, Entry Index, and Geographic Index.
The Allergies Handbook & Resource Guide is a necessary reference for public and academic libraries, as well as healthcare collections, providing information crucial to those living with allergies, their broader support network, case workers, social workers, and other healthcare providers.
