Pollen Allergy in a Changing World A Guide to Scientific Understanding and Clinical Practice /
This book presents the latest scientific knowledge on the role of pollens in triggering respiratory allergies and offers up-to-date guidance on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of pollen allergy. Detailed information is supplied on allergenic plants and on the complex associations between po...
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| Médium: | Elektronický zdroj E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Singapore :
Springer Singapore ,
2018.
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| Vydání: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| ISBN: | 9789811054990 |
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Obsah:
- I. Introduction
- 1. What is an allergy?
- 2. Why doses a person become allergic?
- 3. Factors influencing clinical significance of aeroallergens
- 4. The importance of pollen counts
- 5. Why collect and identify pollens?
- II. Pollen collection
- 1. Purpose of standardized air sampling
- 2. Samplers
- 3. Pollen Sampling Methods
- 4. Operation
- III. Pollen identification
- 1. The appearance of airborne grass pollen grains
- 2. Other airborne pollen grains
- IV. Allergenic pollen images
- 1. Single grains (Monads) without apertures
- 2. Single grains with furrows
- 3. Single grain with apertures
- V. Classification of Allergenic plants
- 1. Anatomy of plant
- 2. Taxonomy
- VI. Pollen allergy and meteorological factors
- 1. Effects of weather on allergen load and pollen potency
- 2. Pollen calendars
- 3. Effects of weather on pollen flight
- 4. Forecast the pollen concentration
- VII. How does climate change influence allergenic pollen?
- 1. Thunderstorm-related asthma
- 2. Mechanisms for thunderstorm asthma
- VIII. How to diagnose the pollen allergy
- 1. Skin Prick Test
- 2. Intradermal Skin Test
- 3. Allergy Blood Tests
- IX. How to treat and prevent the pollen allergy.