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Effective Allergy Practice

by Dr Honor Anthony and others

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Contents

  1. Introduction

  2. Historical background

  3. The position of allergy practice in the UK

  4. Areas of medicine to which allergists contribute

  5. Investigative methods used by allergists

    • History
    • Skinprick testing
    • Intradermal skin testing
    • Patch testing
    • Challenge testing with inhalant allergens
    • Challenge testing with chemicals
    • Callenge testing with foods
    • Laboratory tests

  6. Management methods

    • Avoidance
    • Specific prophylaxis

    Incremental immunotherapy
  7. Enzyme potentiated desensitisation
  8. Neutralisation

  9. Medication

  10. Special facilities

  11. Individual conditions to which allergists make a contribution

    • Traditional allergies

    Allergic rhinitis
  12. Asthma
  13. Skin disorders with allergic aspects
  14. Anaphylaxis
  15. Allergic reactions to insect stings and bites
  16. Allergic reactions to drugs and other chemical
  17. Food allergy

  18. Syndromes which may be induced or exacerbated by reactions to food or environmental factors

    19. Irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn's disease
  19. Migraine
  20. Arthritis
  21. Cerebral symptoms
  22. Unexplained fatigue
  23. Abacterial cystitis and bladder pain
  24. Multi-system polysymptomatic illness

  25. Other Physiological/pathologial disorders

  26. Estimating the need for allergists

  27. The ethics of allergy practice