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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ajay Gade MD[2]]
Overview
The optimal treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis remains uncertain. An eight-week course of therapy with topical corticosteroids (fluticasone or budesonide) may be used as the first-line pharmacologic therapy. Allergen elimination usually leads to improvement in dysphagia and reduction of eosinophil infiltration. Esophageal dilation of is generally reserved for refractory cases with esophageal stricture.
Medical Therapy
- The medical therapy of the EoE is as follows:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
- The optimal treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis remains uncertain.
Steroid Therapy
- The endpoints of therapy of eosinophilic esophagitis include improvements in clinical symptoms and esophageal eosinophilic inflammation.
- An eight-week course of therapy with topical corticosteroids fluticasone or budesonide may be used as the first-line pharmacologic therapy.
- Children
- 88–440 mcg/day fluticasone
- 1 mg/day budesonide
- Adults
- 880–1760 mcg/day fluticasone
- 2 mg/day budesonide
- Patients without symptomatic and histologic improvement after topical steroids may be indicated for
- Long course or higher doses of topical steroids
- Systemic steroids with prednisone
- Dietary elimination
- Endoscopic dilation
- Oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis have been reported in patients treated with oral fluticasone.
- Evaluation by an allergist for coexisting atopic disorders, food, and environmental allergens is advisable.
- Allergen elimination usually leads to improvement in dysphagia and reduction of eosinophil infiltration.
- Graduated dilation of esophageal stricture should be performed with caution to minimize the risk of iatrogenic perforation.
Dietary Modification
- The dietary strategies are as follows:
- Elemental diet- highly effective in both adults and children, but it is limited by patient tolerability.
- Empiric six-food elimination diet (SFED)- the most common foods that trigger EoE are: soy, fish, cow milk, nuts, eggs, wheat.
- Limited diet driven by allergy testing and patient history- The allergy testing directs diet approach, although effective in the pediatric group has only moderate success in adults.
- The goal of dietary therapy is identification and removal of food antigens and consequently remove the sensitization.
- Diet therapy gives patients an alternative to control their disease, many patients find the idea of managing their sickness by means of removing the nutritional trigger moe appealing than taking a drug to counteract the downstream inflammatory response.
- It is far vital to emphasize that the stern dietary elimination of multiple foods is only for a limited time but the long-term goal is the identify and remove the triggering dietary elements.
- Prolonged deviation from the elimination diet can be managed via intermittent use of quick courses of topical steroids.
Esophageal Dilation
- Dilation is considered safe and effective in relieving the dysphagia in patients with EoE.
- Esophageal dilation has a very good acceptance in patients and it does not influence eosinophilic inflammation.
- Patients with esophageal strictures can be treated by esophageal dilation.
- Esophageal dilation is contraindicated in patients with endoscopic signs of acute inflammation.
- Postprocedural pain is very common in patients with esophageal dilation.
- The use of swallowed topical steroids before dilation reduces the risk of endoscopic complications such as bleeding, perforation, and postprocedural pain.
- Delaying the procedure in patients with strictures can lead to acute food bolus impactions.
- Food impactions should be dealt with carefully as they can cause spontaneous esophageal perforation and procedure-induced complications.
References
- ↑ Dellon, Evan S.; Gonsalves, Nirmala; Hirano, Ikuo; Furuta, Glenn T.; Liacouras, Chris A.; Katzka, David A.; American College of Gastroenterology (2013-05). "ACG clinical guideline: Evidenced based approach to the diagnosis and management of esophageal eosinophilia and eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)". The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 108 (5): 679–692, quiz 693. doi:10.1038/ajg.2013.71. ISSN 1572-0241. PMID 23567357. Check date values in:
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- ↑ Simon D, Straumann A, Wenk A, Spichtin H, Simon HU, Braathen LR (2006). "Eosinophilic esophagitis in adults--no clinical relevance of wheat and rye sensitizations". Allergy. 61 (12): 1480–3. doi:10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01224.x. PMID 17073881.
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- ↑ Kagalwalla AF, Sentongo TA, Ritz S, Hess T, Nelson SP, Emerick KM, Melin-Aldana H, Li BU (2006). "Effect of six-food elimination diet on clinical and histologic outcomes in eosinophilic esophagitis". Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 4 (9): 1097–102. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2006.05.026. PMID 16860614.
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