16: ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS
CHAPTER 16 Allergic Fungal Sinusitis The impact of fungus upon the pathophysiology of chronic inflammatory disease of the nose and paranasal sinuses has received a great deal of attention during…
3: PREPARATION OF THE OFFICE FOR ALLERGY
CHAPTER 3 Preparation of the Office for Allergy GETTING STARTED: PREPARING THE SETTING It must be presumed at this point that the physician has made the decision that adding allergy…
15: ALLERGY AND SINUS DISEASE
CHAPTER 15 Allergy and Sinus Disease Although the complaint “Doctor, I have sinus” is commonly heard by the otolaryngologist, the exact meaning of “sinus” to a patient remains a highly…
17: WHAT LIES AHEAD?
CHAPTER 17 What Lies Ahead? The authors have provided the reader with a practical and useful reference to assist in the practice of otolaryngic allergy. It is as up-to-the-minute as…
14: PEDIATRIC ALLERGY
CHAPTER 14 Pediatric Allergy Allergy is directly or indirectly involved in up to half the problems encountered in the office practice of otolaryngology. This is true whether the patient population…
13: FOOD ALLERGY
CHAPTER 13 Food Allergy Up to this point, this book has been concerned primarily with the diagnosis and treatment of inhalant allergy (sensitivity to substances inhaled). But there are other…
6: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL (AVOIDANCE)
CHAPTER 6 Environmental Control (Avoidance) Up to this point, the information given has been mostly concerned with various aspects of inhalant allergy. This is the most practical approach, as most…
12: NONALLERGIC RHINITIS
CHAPTER 12 Nonallergic Rhinitis Perhaps the most frequent question encountered by the authors during decades of courses and lectures has been, “What do I do when the allergy test results…
2: BASIC. “NEED-TO-KNOW” IMMUNOLOGY
CHAPTER 2 Basic. “Need-to-Know” Immunology As with all new additions to a practice, some basic principles underlying the diagnosis and treatment of allergy must be digested and understood if the…
7: PHARMACOTHERAPY OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS
CHAPTER 7 Pharmacotherapy of Allergic Rhinitis There is little doubt that the best treatment of inhalant allergy is avoidance, whenever possible, as this prevents triggering of the allergic response. Unfortunately,…
