Food Allergy and Intolerance

In the 15 years since the first edition of Food Allergy and Intolerance was published, the subject has become the focus of intense public interest. Not only are more people aware of the phenomena involved, but new evidence and practices are constantly being introduced, and there has been an unprecedented growth of the field.

The second edition encompasses the rigour and depth of the first, whilst incorporating all the changes required to produce the definitive guide to the subject for all those involved. The symptoms of a food allergy or intolerance impact not only on all allergists, immunologists, nutritionists, gastroenterologists and pathologists, but on doctors of respiratory medicine, dermatologists, general practitioners, pharmcologists and all those in environmental medicine.

• Includes the scientific basis for the clinical observations
• Describes the underlying mechanisms of the allergic response
• Detailed accounts of all end-organ effects
• Outstanding sections of investigation, diagnosis and treatment

Almost 40% of the book is entirely new including material on:

Immune response

Animal models of sensitivity

Mediators in food allergy

Enzyme deficiency

Abnormal nutriton and immune response to foods

Foods as allergens

Food induced migraine and epilepsy

Hyperactivity: ADHD

The psychological aspects of food intolerance and psychologisation of illness

...and of course the very latest information on the clinical aspects of each condition.

Stephen J. Challacombe, Professor Oral Medicine at King’s College London, is a consultant in diagnostic microbiology and immunology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals and Dean for External Affairs at King’s College London Health Schools. He is a fellow of King’s College London, the United Kingdom’s Academy of Medical Sciences, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Professor Challacombe has made significant contributions to the clinical speciality of oral medicine and to his research specialty of mucosal immunology. He is widely recognised as a translational scientist in oral medicine and has published more than 250 peer-reviewed papers, 160 other publications and seven books. Professor Challacombe has established multiple interdisciplinary clinics that changed the management of oral disease and that have become nationally recognised centres of excellence. In many years at Guy’s and King’s College London, he has taught oral medicine to more than 5,000 dental students ― a significant proportion of practicing dentists in the United Kingdom. He has been President of the International Association for Dental Research, British Society for Oral and Dental Research, European Association of Oral Medicine, British Society for Oral and Dental Research, European Association of Oral Medicine, British Society for Oral Medicine, Hunterian Society, and Odonatological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. He has been Chair of the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals Consultants Committee, International Steering Committee on Oral Manifestations of HIV Infection, and World Workshops on Oral Health & Disease in HIV/AIDS.