Histamine Intolerance

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Reinhart Jarisch

   Pages 1-2

3. Histamine and Biogenic Amines

   • Reinhart Jarisch, Felix Wantke, Martin Raithel, Wolfgang Hemmer

   Pages 3-43

4. Disease Patterns in the Presence of Histamine Intolerance

   • Manfred Götz, Reinhart Jarisch, Christian Layritz, Verena Niederberger, Martin Raithel

   Pages 45-95

5. Drug Intolerance

   • Knut Brockow, Reinhart Jarisch

   Pages 97-104

6. Surgery and Dental Operations

   • Reinhart Jarisch

   Pages 105-107

7. Histamine Intolerance in Women

   • Reinhart Jarisch

   Pages 109-115

8. Neurodermitis

   • Reinhart Jarisch

   Pages 117-122

9. Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy

   • Reinhart Jarisch

   Pages 123-128

10. Vitamin B6 and Histamine

    • Reinhart Jarisch

    Pages 129-130

11. Histamine and Seasickness

    • Reinhart Jarisch

    Pages 131-148

12. Histamine and Osteoporosis

    • Reinhart Jarisch

    Pages 149-149

13. Back Matter

    Pages 151-155

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Histamine is an important mediator of allergic diseases, but knowledge of histamine as a cause of numerous non-allergic symptoms and signs is limited. This book offers wide-ranging coverage of histamine intolerance. There is extensive background discussion of the origin of histamine, its content in food and alcoholic beverages and intolerance to red wine. Diagnosis of histamine intolerance is explained and the various symptoms of histamine intolerance are clearly described. Subsequent chapters cover the relation of histamine to a wide variety of conditions, including drug intolerance, atopic dermatitis, seasickness and osteoporosis. This book will prove of value in clinical practice by facilitating differential diagnosis, which is by no means straightforward given the multiplicity of symptoms of histamine intolerance and by assisting in the selection of therapeutic measures.

• Amines
• Drug intolerance
• Neurodermitis
• Nutrition
• Seasickness

• Floridsdorf Allergy Center, Vienna, Austria

  Reinhart Jarisch

After gaining his MD from the School of Medicine, University of Vienna, in 1970, Dr. Reinhart Jarisch undertook clinical traineeships in Denmark and the United States and postgraduate training at the Department of Dermatology, University of Vienna. He was appointed Assistant Professor in 1980, and from then until 2011 was Head of the Floridsdorf Allergy Center. In 2005, he was appointed Extraordinary Professor by the University of Vienna. Dr. Jarisch has served as Head of the Committee for Clinical Allergology of the Austrian Society of Allergology and Immunology (ÖGAI). He is the recipient of five medical awards, including the Clemens of Pirquet Medal from ÖGAI for life-time achievements in allergology. Dr. Jarisch holds three patents and is the author of 139 articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as the book Histamin-Intoleranz, Histamin und Seekrankheit (Histamine Intolerance, Histamine and Seasickness), now in its third edition.

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