Food allergy: Eosinophilic esophagitis

Eosinophilic esophagitis is a hypersensitivity condition characterised by extreme reactions to the proteins in food products. Sufferers consume their nutrients by liquid meals of hypo-allergenic amino acid based formulas that has a chalky consistency. Symptoms are usually non-specific and include abdominal cramping, bloating, vomiting, trouble swallowing and diarrhea, which leads to misdiagnosis in many cases, particularly with reflux disease. In children it causes growth retardation as the child cannot absorb essential nutrients and energy to grow. Identification of specific food allergies is a timely process that involves challenges with certain foods for a set amount of time, followed by a gastroscopy. Gastroscopy is when a flexible tube with a camera on the end is passed down the esophagus into the stomach to view the tissue that lines a persons food pipe. The best management of the life long condition is avoidance of foods that trigger an allergic response.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by WNDU

Related Disease Topics:

• Eosinophilic esophagitis
• Hypersensitivity condition
• Reflux disease
• Allergy
• Food allergy

Related Symptom Topics:

• Abdominal cramping
• Bloating
• Vomiting
• Trouble swallowing
• Diarrhea
• Growth retardation

Article Source Details

About: Food allergy: Eosinophilic esophagitis

Date: 29 June 2005

Source: WNDU

Author: Kari Huston

URL: http://www.wndu.com/news/wheneatinghurts/062005/wheneatinghurts_43142.php

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of eosinophilic esophagitis
• Cause of hypersensitivity
• Cause of food allergy
• Cause of allergy
• Cause of abdominal cramping
• Cause of bloating
• Cause of vomiting
• Cause of trouble swallowing
• Cause of diarrhea
• Cause of growth retardation
• Diagnosis
• Diagnosis and eosinophilic esophagitis
• Diagnosis and hypersensitivity
• Diagnosis and food allergy
• Diagnosis and allergy
• Diagnosis and abdominal cramping
• Diagnosis and bloating
• Diagnosis and vomiting
• Diagnosis and trouble swallowing
• Diagnosis and diarrhea
• Diagnosis and growth retardation
• Misdiagnosis (type of Medical misadventure)
• Misdiagnosis and reflux disease
• Misdiagnosis and food allergy
• Misdiagnosis and eosinophilic esophagitis
• Misdiagnosis and GERD
• Misdiagnosis and abdominal cramping
• Misdiagnosis and bloating
• Misdiagnosis and vomiting
• Misdiagnosis and trouble swallowing
• Misdiagnosis and diarrhea
• Misdiagnosis and growth retardation

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