Latex-Allergy Books

I am a family physician and I found "Latex is not my Friend" a great resource to help one's understanding of latex allergy.

This problem goes "under the radar" for doctors and patients, and this book is a handy tool to help everyone understand latex allergy.

We keep a copy in our office to loan to patients who are latex allergic.

I did not order this book from Amazon, i obtained it through some other website but i was looking for other latex information and this popped up right away, so i figured I would leave a comment about it, giving some insite.

The cover wasnt to appealing, but i took the time to read the information on it and decided to give it a shot, considering its the author's life story of her strugle with an alergic reaction to latex, and the author i would like to mention, was a pharmasist.

When i read the book, honestly i had a hard time putting it down. The story, her life was so much like mine. Same strugles with this alergic reaction to latex... it's hard. I'm tellin you, if you have or know someone that is alergic to latex... buy and read this book. It made me feel SO much better knowing I am not the only one who has struggled with this.

I wrote the author thanking her... so yes, i was impressed!

If you have the time to view all the internet references this book has to offer, its well worth the 40 bucks. There are so many case studies, research projects, articles and much more all evolving around the latex allergy. Whether you need it for research or have a latex allergy like myself, its quite informative. Some of the articles and studies are just amazing! Please keep in mind you will need the internet to view all the articles and case studies, etc. This book mearly sums up all th sites that contain these articles, projects, etc. into links for you to type in your browser, which will then take you directly to the site.

I have looked through this 3-in-1 medical reference and found that it contained very little actual information about latex allergy. Overall, this work seemed to have more of a "cookie-cutter" approach. It seemed that it would be a good starting point for a student who was writing a research paper and needed an overview of official resources. The methodology for searching scientific abstracts and other references was useful as a starting point. But there would still be alot of work left to be done in order to access the actual information. I found the Pacific Northwest Foundation's "Latex Allergy Resource Guide" to contain much more useful information with a lower price tag.