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Had severe EOE. Elimination diet dairy and gluten. In remission. Two years. Will stay on this diet when they come up with a better way to test for EOE other than a biopsy. Why take meds if there is a med free option?
I’m scared to do the dupixent for my eoe. I read online that it decreases immune system function? Should I take probiotics alongside dupixent? Do I need to stop doing weed or it won’t interact? My doctor just has me very confused.
Ordering continual Upper Endoscopies while eliminating suspected foods should be considered Medical Racketeering. The more accurate, faster, and honest test would be the simple Eosinophil Count Blood lab test. It's $49.49 at Quest Diagnostics.
That’s incorrect. Eosinophils are *supposed* to be found in the blood. They are a type of white blood cell. A standard CBC (complete blood count) includes eosinophils. EoE is eosinophils concentrating in the esophagus. The blood test cannot tell you that.
In my case; after eliminating 2 foods which tested 'high' with the IgE blood test. I stopped having difficulty getting food through my esophagus. My follow-up eosinophil count was reduced by half. I can not honestly justify a follow-up EGD. My GI doctor won't like this self-cure; but Medicare certainly will.
Hi, I'm looking for an opinion from you. A year ago I was diagnosed with EOE, with 25 eosinophils. After steroid therapy I had a complete remission, but given the complications of candidiasis that it caused me, I interrupted the treatment and tried therapy with proton pump inhibitors, but my Eosinophils at the end of the therapy were 30. I have always been left between 20 and 30. I decided to do the 6 food elimination diet, but after 8 weeks my eosinophils became 100, and 50 also in another part of my esophagus. Could anyone give me their opinion on how this was possible. The only explanation I can give myself is that during the diet I was eating too much of a food to which I am allergic. I await your opinion too.
