Aspergillius and Eosinophilic Esophagitis - often misunderstood apparently..

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In reading the various papers out there about eosinophilic

esophagitis, the one thing that they always mention is that its often

misdiagnosed as GERD. But its not GERD and the only way to diagnose it

seems to be through doing a biopsy of the esophageal wall - so people

would need to get an endoscopy.

I have done some inquiries and I have been told that its particularly

important that the person who analyzes the slides from the biopsy

should be someone who is able to identify " EOSINOPHILIC DISEASES " .

The PDF version of the paper can be downloaded at

http://www.jci.org/cgi/reprint/107/1/83.pdf

Print it out and bring it to your doctor.

Underline the sections that mention aspergillus, and the summary at

the end that I posted earlier.

I would also bring them a copy of any environmental test results you

have, i.e microscopic spore testing, toxin testing, QPCR mold testing,

etc.

*Make sure they make a copy and put it into your medical record*