Food Getting Stuck in Your Throat? It Could Be EoE

What is EoE? Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic disease of the esophagus. Your esophagus is a muscular tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach. EoE is when white blood cells (called eosinophils) build up in your esophagus. What are the symptoms? Some of the most common symptoms of EoE are:

• Trouble swallowing
• Chest pain or heartburn
• Abdominal pain
• Vomiting
• Food getting stuck in your throat due to narrowing (this is a medical emergency)
• Stunted growth or poor weight gain in children

How to get diagnosed. Your doctor will most likely want you to have an endoscopy to diagnose EoE. An endoscopy is a procedure where an endoscope (a tube with a light and camera attached at the end) is inserted into the body to let your doctor look inside an organ. For an esophageal endoscopy, the endoscope is put in your mouth and down your throat to examine the esophagus. But don’t worry, you’re not awake for that part! Other ways you can be diagnosed are biopsies, blood tests, and an esophageal sponge. Current research on EoE. Science continues to move forward for new treatments of eosinophilic esophagitis, and we are delighted to be involved in these cutting-edge research trials at some of our ENCORE Research Group locations. To learn more about participating in our cutting-edge clinical trials, call our main office today! (904)-730-0166