EoE is diagnosed by taking a biopsy of the tissue in your esophagus and determining how many eosinophil cells are present per high powered field (hpf). A result of >15 cells per hpf will typically result in a diagnosis of EoE (if other conditions or sources of...
Esophageal Dilation – EGD Procedure With Dilation of the EsophagusFor me, an EGD with dilation of my esophagus has, for years, been something I look forward to. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not fun, but to me it means “relief is on the way”....
When I was 16 in High School, I was eating at Wendy’s salad bar and choked on a potato and had to have the Heimlich Maneuver to dislodge it. Thanks to my best friend I was ok, but that was the beginning of my life-long challenge to eat, thanks to what is now...
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