Re: Gene May Trigger Rare Esophageal Disorder

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My son Stefan was diagnosed with 'EE' as well as Achalasia, but I am

finding it hard to accept the diagnosis...............

Sally

London UK

>

> Gene May Trigger Rare Esophageal Disorder

> from Associated Press

>

> WASHINGTON (AP) -- Genes prove it: A rare but

> devastating esophageal

> illness

> that's on the rise isn't hard-to-treat acid reflux as

> once suspected

> but a

> completely different disease - one linked to

> allergies.

>

> Known by the tongue-twisting name eosinophilic

> esophagitis, the worst

> cases

> of this mysterious disease can force children onto

> liquid diets and

> feeding

> tubes, and leave adults with an esophagus so narrowed

> that food gets

> trapped

> in it.

>

> With no proven treatments, doctors try creative

> experiments, including

> a new

> attempt to coat patients' inflamed throats with a

> paste made from a

> popular

> asthma medicine and the sugar substitute Splenda.

> http://tinyurl.com/drfs4

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