{"product_id":"allergic-our-irritated-bodies-in-a-changing-world","title":"Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn \u003cb\u003e\"important and deeply researched\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e exploration of allergies, from their first medical description in 1819 to the cutting-edge science that is illuminating the changes in our environment and lifestyles that are making so many of us sick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHay fever. Peanut allergies. Eczema. Either you have an allergy or you know someone who does. Billions of people worldwide--an estimated 30 to 40 percent of the global population--have some form of allergy. Even more concerning, over the last decade the number of people diagnosed with an allergy has been steadily increasing, placing an ever-growing medical burden on individuals, families, communities, and healthcare systems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMedical anthropologist Theresa MacPhail, herself an allergy sufferer whose father died of a beesting, set out to understand why. In pursuit of answers, MacPhail studied the dangerous experiments of early immunologists as well as the mind-bending recent development of biologics and immunotherapies that are giving the most severely impacted patients hope. She scaled a roof with an air-quality controller who diligently counts pollen by hand for hours every day; met a mother who struggled to use WIC benefits for her daughter with severe food allergies; spoke with doctors at some of the finest allergy clinics in the world; and discussed the intersecting problems of climate change, pollution, and pollen with biologists who study seasonal respiratory allergies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of allergies: what they are, why we have them, and what that might mean about the fate of humanity in a rapidly changing world.","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47993216663741,"sku":"BS-TC0-229194","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9780593229194-HD.jpg?v=1786708284","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/allergic-our-irritated-bodies-in-a-changing-world","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}