Guest guest Posted May 18, 1999 Report Share Posted May 18, 1999 HI, I am writing this for a friend who does not have email at this time... you may remember and her son ? He was diagnosed with EG last fall, and was placed on neocate and subdue. Anyway, they have had a lot of trouble lately with the hospital that did the diagnosing, so their pediatrician talked to a GI at another hospital, and HE said that it didnt sound like EG to him, but instead thought that has eosinophilic colitis. He said that since there are no peripheral eosinophilia present, that it does not indicate EG. Has anyone heard of this before? Any information you can share would really be appreciated. Thanks a bunch, Heidi (mom to her own crazy family!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 1999 Report Share Posted May 19, 1999 Heidi -- your post is a bit confusing. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is the big umbrella of diseases that encompasses the entire GI tract. Eosinophilic esophagitis is a variant of that disease, only affecting the esophagus. Beyond the esophagus, usually the inflammation can variably be found in the stomach and intestines, usually both at one time or another. I'm not sure what difference it makes if the eos are in the colon or stomach, treatment is the same. perhaps they were talking about a different type of colitis rather than EG? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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