Scott H. Sicherer, MD, is a professor of pediatrics and chief of the Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a researcher in the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute. He is the author of Understanding and Managing Your Child's Food Allergies.

As the subtitle of Sicherer’s book bluntly observes, these allergies can be fatal. That’s why this allencompassing and timely revision of his already praised book is so important for everyone who takes care of those with food allergies—from physicians, nurses, teachers and spouses to adults with food allergies and parents with children who are allergic to certain foods.

• PrefaceIntroduction, by Hugh A. Sampson1. What Are the BASIC FACTS about Food Allergy?2. What Do I Need to Tell the Doctor to Help Get a FOOD ALLERGY DIAGNOSIS?3. These Food ALLERGY TESTS Are Confusing! What Do They Mean?4. What Is ANAPHYLAXIS and How Do I Treat It?5. What CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS Are Caused by Food Allergy?6. How Do I AVOID ALLERGIC REACTIONS to Foods?7. How Do I Manage a Food Allergy While Living a Normal and Healthy LIFESTYLE, with ADEQUATE NUTRITION?8. Will These Food Allergies Ever GO AWAY?9. Is There Any Way to PREVENT Food Allergies?10. Will There Be a CURE or BETTER TREATMENT of Food Allergy?11. How Do I Get MORE HELP and INFORMATION to Manage Food Allergies?Index

Scott H. Sicherer, MD, is a professor of pediatrics and chief of the Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a researcher in the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute. He is the author of Understanding and Managing Your Child's Food Allergies.

As the subtitle of Sicherer’s book bluntly observes, these allergies can be fatal. That’s why this allencompassing and timely revision of his already praised book is so important for everyone who takes care of those with food allergies—from physicians, nurses, teachers and spouses to adults with food allergies and parents with children who are allergic to certain foods.

• PrefaceIntroduction, by Hugh A. Sampson1. What Are the BASIC FACTS about Food Allergy?2. What Do I Need to Tell the Doctor to Help Get a FOOD ALLERGY DIAGNOSIS?3. These Food ALLERGY TESTS Are Confusing! What Do They Mean?4. What Is ANAPHYLAXIS and How Do I Treat It?5. What CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS Are Caused by Food Allergy?6. How Do I AVOID ALLERGIC REACTIONS to Foods?7. How Do I Manage a Food Allergy While Living a Normal and Healthy LIFESTYLE, with ADEQUATE NUTRITION?8. Will These Food Allergies Ever GO AWAY?9. Is There Any Way to PREVENT Food Allergies?10. Will There Be a CURE or BETTER TREATMENT of Food Allergy?11. How Do I Get MORE HELP and INFORMATION to Manage Food Allergies?Index

Scott H. Sicherer, MD, is a professor of pediatrics and chief of the Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a researcher in the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute. He is the author of Understanding and Managing Your Child's Food Allergies.

As the subtitle of Sicherer’s book bluntly observes, these allergies can be fatal. That’s why this allencompassing and timely revision of his already praised book is so important for everyone who takes care of those with food allergies—from physicians, nurses, teachers and spouses to adults with food allergies and parents with children who are allergic to certain foods.

• PrefaceIntroduction, by Hugh A. Sampson1. What Are the BASIC FACTS about Food Allergy?2. What Do I Need to Tell the Doctor to Help Get a FOOD ALLERGY DIAGNOSIS?3. These Food ALLERGY TESTS Are Confusing! What Do They Mean?4. What Is ANAPHYLAXIS and How Do I Treat It?5. What CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS Are Caused by Food Allergy?6. How Do I AVOID ALLERGIC REACTIONS to Foods?7. How Do I Manage a Food Allergy While Living a Normal and Healthy LIFESTYLE, with ADEQUATE NUTRITION?8. Will These Food Allergies Ever GO AWAY?9. Is There Any Way to PREVENT Food Allergies?10. Will There Be a CURE or BETTER TREATMENT of Food Allergy?11. How Do I Get MORE HELP and INFORMATION to Manage Food Allergies?Index