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[quote=Anonymous]You should see a GI plus an allergist. The allergiet can better help you figure out the trigger foods, and the GI doctor can help you manage symptoms and periodic endoscopies. I would not treat this lightly - I think in a few years this will be the next celiac and my GI doctor said untreated EoE can lead to long term scarring in the esophagus and esophageal cancer. My allergist did "patch" testing on me (which is not very reliable but can be an easy way to get started on figuring out your trigger), and I tested positive to a couple of food items which I eliminated. It turned out, neither of those foods was a trigger for me. I then eliminates dairy for 4 weeks which did not help, and then wheat and again it did not help. My next step was a total elimination diet which really intimidated me (you eliminate all foods, drink special hypoallergenic drinks, and then start to add foods back in one at a time). Bottom line, the testing for this sucks. My allergist thought my trigger was probably environmental so I then tried the treatment for that (swallowed flovent) before trying the elim diet and the flovent has worked pretty well so likely my trigger is environmental. I do not live in this area so can't recommend a doctor, but make sure yours sees a good amount of patients with EoE. GL. [/quote]

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