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Month: March 2012

  • The Teen Who Can’t Swallow–What To Do?

    The Evaluation of a Patient With Suspected EoE Our series is on eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and I’ve covered how you present with this condition and a little bit about what the heck this condition really is! The website reference is http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/754206?src=mp&spon=38 Patients with suspected EoE should be evaluated by both an allergist and a gastroenterologist. A careful history should include…

  • The Teen Who Can’t Swallow–What is it?

    What is the most likely diagnosis?  How did you do compared to your colleagues?        Your Colleagues Responded:   GERD    28%   Eosinophilic esophagitis Correct Answer  67%   Celiac disease    4%   Irritable bowel syndrome    1%   Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Definition, Epidemiology, and Pathophysiology Clinical Definition–summary only. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is chronic, inflammatory esophageal clinico-pathological condition.…

  • The Teen Who Can’t Swallow

    Try Your hand at diagnosis!  This comes from Medscape on-line.  The Case Chief complaint. Molly is a 14-year-old teen who presents to your office with a 9-month complaint of that certain foods “get stuck” in her throat. The sensation is intermittent, occurring about once a week, and more frequently when she eats meat, poultry, and crackers.…

  • On Your Mark….Get Set….

    Today marks the start of the National meeting for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology in Orlando, FL.  The Academy website is www.aaaai.org.  Over 6,000+ attendees from all over the world to present the most recent advances in allergy and asthma.  Yours truly even has an abstract on the correlation between BMI and…

  • Air fresheners–Go Organic…Not!

    Tomorrow starts the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology national meeting in Orlando.  Great fun and food, but more importantly, great new information about allergy.  If you watch the news at all, you’re bound to hear about natural products for your health.  Organic anyone?  Read this blog about a patient who only THOUGHT she had allergy;…