music-city-missy
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of course the EE is a fairly new condition and seems to be most common in babies and children and with men having it more than women. But I got it.
Basically it's an allergic esophagus. Eosinophilic white blood cells build up in the esophagus because of inflammation caused by allergic reaction. The inflammation and build up of white blood cells narrow the esophagus causing problems swallowing and sometimes even impacting food. Some of my attacks are such that I can try to relax and take a sip of liquid and get the food down. But then there are times (like my company's holiday party in December) that it completely blocks or shuts and nothing will go down, not even saliva and it can last anywhere from 3 to 5 hours.
Anyway, they don't know for sure if food is the allergen or if it's environmental. And if it's food, no one agrees on what foods trigger it. Plus they don't know if it triggers the reaction when you eat the food or days later. There is no cure and it doesn't go away. So it's just something you deal with. For now, they dilated my esophagus, something that might have to be done repeatedly over the years. And I am doing two puffs of Flovent inhaler but squirting in my mouth and swallowing, not inhaling. Wonderful after tastes!
So we all know the foods diabetics avoid and then between all the lists of foods they THINK trigger EE - gluten, grains, proteins, milk & dairy, soy, eggs, beans, seafood & shellfish, beef, poultry....
I guess I can always live on leafy greens, cruciferous vegetables, eggplant, squash, celery, cucumbers, tomatoes, and I guess a few sweet peppers and carrots here and there.
Basically it's an allergic esophagus. Eosinophilic white blood cells build up in the esophagus because of inflammation caused by allergic reaction. The inflammation and build up of white blood cells narrow the esophagus causing problems swallowing and sometimes even impacting food. Some of my attacks are such that I can try to relax and take a sip of liquid and get the food down. But then there are times (like my company's holiday party in December) that it completely blocks or shuts and nothing will go down, not even saliva and it can last anywhere from 3 to 5 hours.
Anyway, they don't know for sure if food is the allergen or if it's environmental. And if it's food, no one agrees on what foods trigger it. Plus they don't know if it triggers the reaction when you eat the food or days later. There is no cure and it doesn't go away. So it's just something you deal with. For now, they dilated my esophagus, something that might have to be done repeatedly over the years. And I am doing two puffs of Flovent inhaler but squirting in my mouth and swallowing, not inhaling. Wonderful after tastes!
So we all know the foods diabetics avoid and then between all the lists of foods they THINK trigger EE - gluten, grains, proteins, milk & dairy, soy, eggs, beans, seafood & shellfish, beef, poultry....
I guess I can always live on leafy greens, cruciferous vegetables, eggplant, squash, celery, cucumbers, tomatoes, and I guess a few sweet peppers and carrots here and there.
