Pollen Allergy in a Changing World A Guide to Scientific Understanding and Clinical Practice /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Oh, Jae-Won (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Respiratory organs-Diseases.; Immunology.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.