Allergies: Answers at your fingertips

Description

Allergies are on the rise, both in adults and children. One person in every three has a medical condition caused by or associated with allergy. Despite this worrying increase, it is still difficult to get accurate and helpful information on how to deal with allergies and reduce your worries. Until now. Allergies: Answers at your fingertips answers over 330 questions about all types of allergy: how and why they happen, what the common triggers are and how to control your allergy symptoms effectively. This book gives you: - Easily accessible sections explaining the causes and effects of different skin, food and respiratory allergies and how they can be tested for - Comprehensive information on the most common allergic disorders of the Western world, including asthma, hay fever and eczema - Medically accurate advice about medication, trigger avoidance techniques and complementary therapies - Guidance on avoiding the allergens that affect you, and how to deal with allergies in the home, at work and on holiday.