Guest guest Posted March 28, 1999 Report Share Posted March 28, 1999 , In our case at least, the kids eos were gone after prednisone and after 3-4 weeks on Neocate only. Obviously, there is a food relation here. -- Idiopathic Eosinophilic esophagitis; Soon to be GT; Mom to 15, IEE, NIssen/GT; Ken,11, IEE (GT soon); Korey,7, IEE (GT soon); Kody, 4, IEE/CIPO. G/JTs;TPN; Killian,2, IEE (GT soon); SJHarlow@... http://www.c4isr.com/harlow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 1999 Report Share Posted March 29, 1999 Do you have copies of all your sons tests and biopsy results? I have found it very helpful in determining what course to take next. What food was he rast tested for? garyarm@... wrote: > From: garyarm@... > > Hi , > It sounds like out kids are very similar. > My son has no outward symptoms, no pain, no apparent > allergies. He has had both RAST and skin prick testing > all negative. We are considering the elemental diet > to find out if it helps, although it would be very > hard for my son since he is 7. I asked the doctor > last week about testing after reintroducing foods, and > he said that there really wasn't any way to test the > blood to see if a food that was reintroduced was causing > a problem. So I don't know how it can help if there > aren't any symptoms other than the inflamation and > the eosinophils. I guess it would answer one question: > that being is it or is it not food related. > > Hang in there > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Is ONElist important to you? Has it changed your life? > http://www.onelist.com > Come visit our new web site and share with us your stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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