Allergy Awareness
 Allergic disease is a leading cause of missed school days for children. Allergic symptoms affect a child's concentration level, energy, and sleep-patterns.
Without proper treatment, allergies not only bring about discomfort to the sufferer, they can make life difficult for families, friends, teachers, and parents.
The most common allergic diseases and conditions include rhinitis; asthma; atopic dermatitis; rhino sinusitis; chronic or recurrent otitis media; conjunctivitis; urticaria and angioedema; contact dermatitis; and drug, food, insect sting, latex, and anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions.
Together, these illnesses account for a large number of learning difficulties and even behavioral problems as well as school absenteeism.
In this section you will find some of the best resources, reports, programs, and information concerning allergic disease in the country.
AAAAI: The Allergy Report
(Funded through an unrestricted grant from Schering Corporation.)
The Allergy Report is a three-volume document that provides guidance on the clinical management of allergic disorders, examines the barriers to effective care, and addresses future research needs for allergy mechanisms and clinical approaches to treatment.
The Allergy Report is the keystone of a comprehensive initiative entitled Allergic Disorders: Promoting Best Practice sponsored by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI) in partnership with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and 20 other medical associations, advocacy groups, and government agencies.
The goal of this initiative is to ensure that a broad spectrum of health care providers learn about, understand, and implement clinical and best practice information for diagnosing and managing patients with allergic diseases.
The Allergy Report includes standardized information on the most common allergic diseases and conditions that often have an allergic component, including rhinitis; asthma; atopic dermatitis; rhino sinusitis; chronic or recurrent otitis media; conjunctivitis; urticaria and angioedema; contact dermatitis; and drug, food, insect sting, latex, and anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions.
Organized into three volumes, with references grouped by section for ease of use, the report focuses on diagnosis and management as well as clinical recommendations and practical suggestions for specific conditions. The Allergy Report also addresses prevention, barriers to appropriate patient care, and the need for more allergy research.
Link to: The Allergy Report.
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AAP: Guide to Your Child's Allergies and Asthma
The American Academy of Pediatrics' Guide to Your Child's Allergies and Asthma is an ideal book to have on hand to help your students with allergic disease and/or asthma and their parents learn more about their disease.
Very user-friendly, it was created in order to help parents of children with asthma and allergies manage their children's respiratory problems.
The Guide to Your Child's Allergies and Asthma includes real-life case studies and highlighted tips that may help parents raise healthy, active children.
This is an excellent book to recommend to the parents of your students with allergies and asthma, or to order for your own Asthma/Allergy library.
Link to: order the Guide to Your Child's Allergies and Asthma from the AAP.
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Allergy Facts from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
In this section you will find clear and informative facts from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America concerning allergies, and some of the most common complications that can result from an allergic disease condition.
You will find fact sheets on the following subjects:
These sheets are ideal for printing out and giving to your student with allergies, and/or sending home or mailing to his/her parents.
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