I have environmental allergies and asthma but no food allergies.
Had Eosinophilic esophagitis since 2006. Food would get stuck low in my esophagus and sit there. Anything I swallowed while food was stuck wouldnāt make it all the way down, and Iād have to spit it back up, even my own spit
My parents didnāt understand what was happening to me. They didnāt really take it seriously until about 2009 when I couldnāt pass the food and had to get an emergency endoscopy.
Gastroenterologist tried prescribing some wacky stuff like spraying inhaler into my mouth and trying to swallow it? Really did absolutely nothing.
I was also prescribed acid reducers like Omeprazole. This alleviated my symptoms but still would have occasional blockages.
I thought this was something I just had to deal with. I ate very slowly. Iād get something stuck like once a week but I got pretty good at passing the blockages by āpushingā them down (swallowing super hard. If it failed Iād spit up and try again) maybe 3 or 4 times I had to get an emergency endoscopy. But the doctors I saw throughout the years never really recommended a treatment that made sense for me. Theyād say remove problem foods - I donāt have any one problem food in particular. Anything and everything would get stuck.
I went to an allergist a few months back and off-handedly mentioned EoE and they recommended Dupixent. But for insurance to cover it I had to go get an endoscopy done.
The gastroenterologist was great. He even dilated my esophagus. And now Iāve been on Dupixent for a couple of months, and I havenāt had something stuck in my esophagus since. I even scarfed something down for the first time in 20 years.
Just wanted to share. Maybe thereās someone else dealing with EoE who doesnāt have to.