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Angioedema of Eyes and Mouth

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Melanie Allison, DNP, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC
Executive Manager, Education & Learning, McGraw-Hill
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FIGURE 156-4

Severe angioedema around the eyes and mouth in a high school girl. (Reproduced with permission from Daniel Stulberg, MD.)

Read about allergies in context: 

The Color Atlas and Synopsis of Family Medicine, 3e: Chapter 156. Urticaria and Angioedema

Read about food allergies:

Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e. Chapter 14. Anaphylaxis, Allergies, and Angioedema > Food Allergy Reactions

Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2019: Chapter. 20 Rheumatologic, Immunologic, and Allergic Disorders > Food Allergy

Gastrointestinal Physiology, 2e: Chapter 6. Intestinal Mucosal Immunology and Ecology > Food Allergy


Go to the profile of Melanie Allison, DNP, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC

Melanie Allison, DNP, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC

Executive Manager, Education & Learning, McGraw-Hill

Melanie Allison is the Executive Manager of Education & Learning with McGraw Hill. She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree and Post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education from The Johns Hopkins University. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree, specializing as an acute care nurse practitioner (ACNP), from Vanderbilt University. Melanie has more than 20 years of experience as a registered nurse and nurse practitioner in adult cardiology and advanced lipid management. She is a part-time faculty member at a top school of nursing where she has taught for more than 16 years.

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