Acid Reflux And Oesophagus Swelling?

[amylouise]

does anyone have this problem? this started out as my first syptoms when eating gluten, when eating gluten i'd get awful stomach acid that would come up if i bent down and when lying down and also eating foods with gluten in would make my oesophagus swell so the food would build up in my oesophagus and i'd feel i was choking and i'd have to regurgatate the undigested food (not nice!) it seemed to happen more with gluten foods that had a really stodgey texture like bread and if i had rice with a sauce that had gluten in i'd have the same affect, i now eat tonnes of rice and make sure the sauce doesnt have gluten in and it doesnt affect me at all. i've not met anyone else with the same symptoms? xxxx

[AMQmom]

My daughter was diagnosed celiac and when they went in to biopsy, they found her esophagus swollen. The doctor said that it should have been very difficult for her to swollow. They tested her eosinophil count and diagnosed her with EE - eosinophilic esophagitis. Basically, her esophagus swells in reaction to any allergen. The swelling can lead to scaring. EE is often associated with reflux. Others may be able to answer you better, this is just our experience in our family with sysmtoms similar to what you mentioned. EE is fairly new, you can find info at www.apfed.org I am pretty sure that it is mainly a problem with young people.

[amylouise]

YES! thats exactly what they said i had! but the doctors were really rubbish about it and had NO idea about the condition. so all they suggested was going on to steroids :s they said i didnt have celiac disease, but i had been gluten free for a long time before so that probably effected my results as i'm pretty sure i am celiac, i have all the symptoms if i eat gluten - and being gluten free makes all the symptoms go away. thanks for your answer! its nice to know there are other people out there with the same problem!