Clinical Allergy and Asthma Management in Adolescents and Young Adults

Book Description

This text addresses the need for a practical handbook on asthma and allergy in adolescents and young adults, which constitutes an interesting and challenging age group. Asthma may diminish in intensity with age but is still an ongoing concern. In addition, compliance with management is not generally successful, with the risk that, the failure to treat it adequately could lead to long-term sequelae (namely, COPD). Finally, obesity and sedentarism in young adults and adolescents can worsen asthma on the one hand, while some can be athletes on the other hand. This ready reckoner aims to help in understanding clinical allergy, which is imperative for every physician who is caring for patients with asthma given its high prevalence and heterogeneous treatment options.

KEY FEATURES

Covers allergic diseases in general and asthma in detail, and provides comprehensive coverage of clinical features, diagnosis and management, using a case-based approach

Creates awareness of the fundamentals of clinical allergy, helping physicians make wise choices in medical and surgical management, especially in resource-limited settings

Features insight from international authors with clinical experience in the diagnosis and treatment of asthma in the specific age group of adolescents and young adults

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section -1- ALLERGY

1. Biology of allergy

Jayaprakash Balakrishnan

2. Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis

Aratrika Das, Saibal Moitra

3. Atopic dermatitis and eczema

Bindu Cheriattil Govindan

4. Urticaria

Venugopal Panicker, Arjun Suresh

5. Hereditary angioedema

Sailal Mohanla

6. Food allergy

Mahesh P Anand

7. Drug allergy

Rajesh Venkitakrishnan

8. Insect allergy

Balachandran Jay

9. Life threatening allergy

Benita Florence, Dodiy Herman

10. Allergy testing

Devasahayam J Christopher, Jefferson Daniel

Section -2- ASTHMA IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS

11. Epidemiology of Asthma in Children and Young Adults

Anitha Kumari, Sanjeev Nair

12. Hygiene hypothesis and global increase in incidence of Asthma

Surinder K. Jindal,  Aditya Jindal

13. Pathophysiology of asthma

Ajith Kumar A.K, Tisekar Owais Rafique Ahmed

14. Smoking and Vaping in young adults and its influence on asthma

Sujeet Rajan

15.Clinical Presentation of Asthma in adolescents & young adults

Rajesh Swarnakar

16. Diagnosis of asthma

George A D’Souza

17.Asthma in children- What happens when they grow?

Lisha Pallivalappil, Ravindran Chetambath

18. Asthma in pregnancy

Priti Nair

19. Asthma and obesity

Ravindran Chetambath

20. Difficult to control asthma

Ravindran Chetambath

21. Acute severe Asthma: Diagnosis and Management

Priyank Jain, Deepak Talwar

22. Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis

Venugopal Panicker, Arjun Suresh

23. Pulmonary Eosinophilia

Kiran Vishnu Narayan

Section -3- MANAGEMENT OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA IN ADOLESCENTS & YOUNG ADULTS

24. Patient education and Lifestyle Modification in Asthma Management

Alpa Dalal, Tarang Kulkarni, Manas Mengar

25. Role of antihistamines, antileukotrienes and mast cell stabilizers in allergy and asthma

Paramez Ayyappath

26. Role of bronchodilators in Asthma

Vishnu Sharma

27.Role of Corticosteroids in Allergic Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults

Abha Mahashur, Ashok Mahashur

28. Inhaler Therapy for Asthma in Adolescents and Young Adults

Shajahan P Sulaiman

29. Management of Chronic severe asthma

Munavvar M, Saleel Punnilath Abdulsamad

30. Biological for Asthma in adolescents & Young adults

Arjun Padmanabhan, Soofia Mohammed

31. Allergen immunotherapy 

Jyothi Edakalavan, Ravindran Chetambath

32. Management guidelines for asthma in young adults

Nishtha Singh, Virendra Singh