Allergy and Sleep

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Sleep-related abnormalities occurring as a result of allergic disorders can impact an affected individuals health and overall well-being in a myriad of ways. This comprehensive book thoroughly covers the management of allergic and sleep disorders, providing a detailed discussion on how these co-occurring, often overlapping conditions can be treated in a personalized and patient-oriented manner. Allergy and Sleep: Basic Principles and Clinical Practice takes care to include a wide range of multidisciplinary perspectives required to effectively assess and manage allergy and sleep disorders, from allergists, sleep medicine specialists, otolaryngologists, and dermatologists, to primary care physicians, pharmacists, psychologists, and other researchers. Allergy and Sleep begins with a thorough grounding on the science of sleep, allergy, immunology, circadian rhythms and circadian immunology. Part II addresses assessment and treatment of common allergicdiseases with comorbid sleep components, in a practical, easy-to-use case-based format. Later sections closely examine sleep-related disturbances commonly associated with asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic disease; providing treatment guidelines, and detail various approaches to management throughout the patients lifespan. This resource concludes with a review of disease, sleep and circadian-specific therapeutics. Written by experts in their respective fields, Allergy and Sleep: Basic Principles and Clinical Practice is an ideal resource and important reference for any clinician working with patients suffering from sleep-related abnormalities due to allergic disorders.

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Anna Fishbein, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine   Division of Allergy & Immunology Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL, USAStephen H. Sheldon, DO, FAAPProfessor of Pediatrics & Neurology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Director, Sleep Medicine Center Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA

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