Faelten, Sharon.

The allergy self-help book : a step-by-step guide to nondrug relief of asthma, hay fever, headaches, fatigue, digestive problems, and over 50 other allergy-related health problems / by Sharon Faelten and the editors of Prevention magazine ; foreword by Constantine J. Falliers. - Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press, c1983. - xvi, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Contents

Part I: Understanding allergy
Chapter 1: What is an allergy?
Chapter 2 : Are you allergic?

Part II : Discovering unsuspected causes of allergy
Chapter 3 : Finding your no-allergy diet
Chapter 4: Clearing the air
Chapter 5: Don't overlook drugs as a cause
Chapter 6: What to do about insect allergies
Chapter 7: Contact (skin) allergies
Chapter 8: Other unexpected allergies

Part III: What your doctor can do for you
Chapter 9: Allergy tests : what they can and cannot tell
Chapter 10: Allergy drugs and their alternatives
Chapter 11: Immunotherapy-a matter of choice

Part IV: Building up your defenses
Chapter 12: Nutrition for allergy control
Chapter 13: Mind over allergy
Chapter 14: What to do in an allergic emergency
Allergic reactions from A to V
Appendix : Sources for products and services.

0878574581


Allergy.
Self-care, Health.

QW 900 F147 1983