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Food allergy is the most common single cause of anaphylaxis. About 4–6% of children and 3% of adults suffer from confirmed food allergy, which places a huge population at risk for anaphylaxis. This chapter provides an overview of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, pediatric considerations, risk factors, treatment, diagnosis, prevention, and natural history of food-induced anaphylaxis...
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis can be associated with vision-compromising complications such as cataracts, glaucoma, synechiae, and band keratopathy. Of these, cataracts are one of the most common sequelae of JIA-associated uveitis and can result in significant visual disability. Risk factors for cataracts include posterior synechiae and longstanding ocular inflammation. Prevention...
The study of risk factors and protective influences can yield clues to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Intervention on such factors can effect disease prevention or treatment while etiology remains unknown. Most known AD risk factors offer no prospect of prevention, but 14 of 15 relevant publications since 1987 suggest that the symptoms of AD are prevented or attenuated by antiinflammatory...
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