new, with lots of questions about EE

January 17, 1999

Hi, I have a 7 year old son who has been treated the

past two years for what his doctors said was Reflux.

He has severe erosive esophagitis. They have thought

all along it was due to reflux, but he has not responded

to any reflux meds (he has tried them all). He has had

3 endoscopies, all which show severe inflamation of the

esophagus from top to bottom. The biopsies show eosinophils

in the esophagus, but not in the stomach or duodenum.

He was supposed to have a fundoplication a month ago

but it was cancelled the night before because of " normal "

results on a 24 hour ph probe test. He had a second

probe test last week which was also normal. He has

stopped taking all his reflux meds, and is now taking

gastrocrom. He has seen an allergist twice, and does

not appear to have any food allergies.

Now the questions. How is eosiniphillic esophagitis

diagnosed? Is there a cure? How is it treated? Does

it recur if treament is succesful, and the meds are

discontinued?

My son is healthy other than this problem. He may still

need the funo surgery, but I don't want to put him through

it if it is not going to help him.

Thanks for any info or support,

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