Children’s health Books

Book SynopsisStrategies for Protecting Your Child's Immune System is the first book to focus on prevention of environmental damage to the immune system of embryos, babies and older children. It provides expecting and existing parents, their families and physicians with science-based information to protect and proactively manage their child's immune system. Environmental exposures (pollutants, allergens, drugs, diet, physical factors) in the home, school and community can damage the developing immune system and increase the risk of lifelong chronic diseases such as allergies, asthma, type 1 diabetes, celiac disease and neurological problems. This book imparts specific tools to parents and their physicians to help keep the early-life immune system out of harm's way and minimize environmental health risk.Table of ContentsIntroducing the Immune System; How the Immune System Develops; The Special Conditions of Pregnancy and the Immune System; The Healthy Immune System at Work; The Dysfunctional Immune System and Its Features; Avenues for Immune Exposure; Diseases Stemming From Prenatal/Early Life Exposure to Toxins; The Disease Progression Matrix; Toxicology 101; What's the Risk; The Risk Exercises; Categories of Environmental, Physical and Psychological Toxic Factors; Top 25 Risks; Other Prominent Risks; Postnatal Triggers of Disease - Infections; Postnatal Triggers of Disease - Vaccinations; Positive Effects of Diet; Hygiene and Pets; Prenatal Strategies for Preventing Immune System Damage; Strategies to Use During the First Few Years of Life; Undoing the Damage of the Past in Adulthood; Developmental Immunotoxicity Testing - Past, Present and Future.

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Book SynopsisAt some point during childhood, 80 to 90% of all children have a breathing problem. ‘Take a Deep Breath’ is a comprehensive, accessible, and indispensible guide for parents, caregivers, teachers, and healthcare providers on the subject of children's breathing issues.From the uppermost part of the airway — the nose, to the lowermost part — the lungs, Dr Nina Shapiro explains which problems are truly worrisome, and which are actually normal stages in a child's growth. ‘Take a Deep Breath’ will enable you to do just that, take a deep breath, and get a better, clearer understanding of what's going on when a child breathes in and out.Table of ContentsNewborn to 3 Months: Nose-Breathing a Must; Throaty Gurgles: The Low-Down on Laryngomalacia; Feeding Issues Related to Breathing: Back to Sleep and Beyond: SIDS Prevention; Wheezing in a Newborn; Respiratory Infections in Newborns; Clear the Air for Your Newborn; 3-12 Months: Stuffy Nose: What's Up There?; More Throaty Noises; What is Stridor?; Feeding Issues for Healthy Breathing; Active vs. Sleeping Breathing; Respiratory Infections in Babies: Croup and Crud; Nebulizers: What's in Them?; 12-36 Months: Stuffy Nose/Runny Nose/Sinusitis from Friends and Foes; Snoring: What's That Noise? What is Sleep Apnea?; Choking Hazards: What is Safe to Eat; Hoarseness in Toddlers; Wheezing: Is it Asthma Yet?; Respiratory Illness in Toddlers: Welcome to Playgroup!; 3-5 years: Stuffy Runny Nose: Preschool is Here; Snoring: Getting Louder; More on Sleep Apnea; Choking Hazards: Risks for Preschoolers; Hoarseness in School; Managing Asthma for School; Respiratory Illnesses from School; 5-12 Years: Stuffy Nose/Runny Nose: When are They Allergies?; Snoring still Louder, with More Sleep Apnea; Hoarseness in Older Children; Asthma in Elementary School Years; Respiratory Illness: When are They too Sick to Go to School?; 13-18 Years: Stuffy Nose/Sinusitis: New Causes / New Treatments; Snoring: New Issues; Sleep Apnea: New Concerns; Hoarseness: New Reasons; Wheezing: New Responsibilities; Respiratory Illnesses in Teenagers: New Friends, New Infections.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a unique collaboration between a mother of a child with atopic dermatitis (AD) and the doctor who is treating the child — it offers practical information on AD, recent research findings and tackles many aspects of living with eczema that patients have through the conversation between the mother and doctor. Therefore, this book is an up-to-date comprehensive resource for people suffering from AD, parents of children who suffer from AD and practitioners who treat AD. In brief, for everybody interested in AD.This book's importance in atopic dermatitis lies not only in its up-to-date comprehensive information, but also in that it offers an avenue where patients can have their questions answered by a doctor via the Q&A between the mother and the doctor. Patients may not be able to ask all the questions on their mind in a consultation, and this book totaling over 100 questions will have many of them answered.Table of ContentsLearning about Eczema: Eczema Basics; Normal Skin versus Eczema Skin; Living with Eczema: Eczema Diagnosis; Triggers for Eczema; Eczema Prevention; Eczema Treatment; Atopic Dermatitis in Adults; Eczema and Beyond: The Pathophysiology of Atopic Dermatitis (Atopic Eczema): A Hypothetical Model; Things that Don't Work; Future Research on Atopic Dermatitis; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a unique collaboration between a mother of a child with atopic dermatitis (AD) and the doctor who is treating the child — it offers practical information on AD, recent research findings and tackles many aspects of living with eczema that patients have through the conversation between the mother and doctor. Therefore, this book is an up-to-date comprehensive resource for people suffering from AD, parents of children who suffer from AD and practitioners who treat AD. In brief, for everybody interested in AD.This book's importance in atopic dermatitis lies not only in its up-to-date comprehensive information, but also in that it offers an avenue where patients can have their questions answered by a doctor via the Q&A between the mother and the doctor. Patients may not be able to ask all the questions on their mind in a consultation, and this book totaling over 100 questions will have many of them answered.Table of ContentsLearning about Eczema: Eczema Basics; Normal Skin versus Eczema Skin; Living with Eczema: Eczema Diagnosis; Triggers for Eczema; Eczema Prevention; Eczema Treatment; Atopic Dermatitis in Adults; Eczema and Beyond: The Pathophysiology of Atopic Dermatitis (Atopic Eczema): A Hypothetical Model; Things that Don't Work; Future Research on Atopic Dermatitis; Conclusion.

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