Pediatric Food Allergies and Asthma

What you'll learn

Course overview

Pediatric Food Allergies and Asthma course provides an overview of food allergy, beginning with a definition of food allergy and a description of the primary types of adverse food reactions. Brief discussions of the risk factors, epidemiology, and prevention of food allergies are followed by details on the manifestations of food allergies. The focus of the course is a description of the diagnostic process involved in identifying food allergies, with an exploration of the benefits and risks of testing. The management of food allergy is also discussed, highlighting the treatment of severe reactions after inadvertent ingestion of an allergen. The course closes by addressing the need for patient education and a brief look to the future of treatment. In this course, ones will also learn how to identify risk factors for contracting asthma as well as understand the background into genetic information that may be associated with the condition. Managing asthma is also a focus of this course, and those will learn how to provide and contribute to long-term therapy and approaches to asthma treatment following a diagnosis.