"Provides basic consumer health information for teens on allergies, types of allergic reactions, testing and treatments. Includes index, resource information and recommendations for further reading "--Provided by publisher.

"It can be difficult to explain life threatening allergies to little children in a way that is simple for them to understand. This simple story makes it easy for kids of any age, but especially little ones, to begin learning what allergies are and why their friend may be wearing an anaphylaxis auto-injector around their waist."--adapted from back cover.

"Hay fever. Peanut allergies. Eczema. Either you have a frustrating allergy, or you know someone who does. Billions of people worldwide--an estimated 30 to 40 percent of the global population--have some form of allergy; millions have one severe enough to actively endanger their health. Even more concerningly, over the last decade, the number of people diagnosed with allergy has been steadily increasing. Medical anthropologist Theresa MacPhail, herself...

Explains what allergies are, what causes them, how people live with them, and the latest information about treatment and prevention.

Explores food allergies, describing why they occur and what kinds of reactions they can prompt the immune system to make.