What can you say about a book that is
endorsed by the leading authority in the
field and is yet written in a manner that
even a non-science type like me found 100
percent accessible? It's about time
someone filled this gap!! This book gave
us the information we needed, in
beautifully written, plain English, to
both get our son the treatment he needed
and to live with the allergies it was
finally determined he had. Since both my
husband and I have an intolerance to
dairy we were told that my son's
excessive vomiting was due to an
intolerance to dairy. After reading The
Parent's Guide, I learned that his
symptoms were consistent with those of an
allergic reaction. Armed with this
knowledge, we were ready to do battle
with the managed care gatekeepers and
demand that he see a specialist. The
allergist we saw found that our son is
indeed allergic to dairy along with
several other foods. And thanks to this
book, I understood the process the
doctors took my son through to come to
this conclusion. When given the diagnosis
we felt somewhat vindicated because like
many parents with food allergic children
"we just knew what the problem
was" but then what do you do? Thanks
to The Parent's Guide we knew what
questions to ask the dietician and how to
survive in a world where dairy foods
appear to be everywhere!! This is a book
that should be given to every school
district and to every allergic child's
teachers! I also believe this book would
be useful to other psychologists like
myself, who work with adolescents and
families. We are giving a copy to our
pediatrician so that she will know how to
help other parents like us and to our
parents who have even less understanding
about allergies than we did and are not
even sure they want to know more. This
book is a wonderful guide; reading The
Parent's Guide to Food Allergies is like
sharing with a more knowledgeable friend.
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