The Peanut Allergy Epidemic by Fraser, Heather -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword Preface Introduction: The Problem of Peanut Allergy Part 1 The Mystery of the Peanut Allergy Epidemic

Chapter 1 From Idiosyncrasy to Multibillion-Dollar Industry Chapter 2 Risk Factors

Geography Peanut Consumption Atopy: Eczema & Asthma Birch Pollen Allergy Th1/Th2 Paradigm Dysregulation Age of Onset Birth Month Gender Race Mode of Delivery and Intestinal Flora Maternal Age at Delivery Socioeconomic Status Large Head Circumference Heredity Immune System Overload Vaccination Ear Infections, Antibiotics & Gut Flora Genetically Modified Foods & Herbicides The Nocebo Effect & Owning Your Body “Outgrowing” Peanut Allergy Summary of Risk Factors

Chapter 3 Theories

Broken-Skin Hypothesis Ingestion Hypothesis Toxin Hypothesis Helminth Hypothesis Hygiene Hypothesis Expanded Hygiene Hypothesis

Part 2 A History of Mass Allergy

Chapter 4 Rediscovering Anaphylaxis

Chapter 5 The History of Peanut Allergy

Peanut Oil in Penicillin: Not the ‘Smoking Gun’ Why Peanut? Vaccine Adjuvants & Allergy: The Immunologist’s Dirty Secret Launching the Peanut Allergy Epidemic (1988-1994)

Photos Part 3 Peanut Allergy at the Crossover Point

Chapter 6 Absorbing the Costs

Ingredients: Aluminum, Food Proteins, and More Slippery Labels but No Smoking Gun Homology of Peanut and Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Vaccine Antigens as an Adjuvant in Creating Peanut Allergy Toxicity of Hib-DPT in Creating Allergy The Australian Example The Vitamin K1 Prophylaxis Idiosyncrasies: The Ability to Detoxify

Chapter 7 Rationalizations

The Crossover Point Personal Postscript: Red Flags PENTA Vaccine (1994-97), a Cautionary Tale for All Vaccine Consumers

Part 4 Fixing Allergy

Chapter 8 The Business of Breathlessness and Oozing Skin

Of Ectoplasm, Adrenaline and Histamine Patenting Allergy Che Guevara’s Puffer Putting Pandora Back in the Box: Anti-Anaphylaxis Allergy’s Battlefield The Allergy Fix The Ghost in the Allergy Machine

Appendix Notes Index