Guest guest Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 When I was first diagnosed with a barium scan, about 6 years ago, they said I had esophagitis.. Took another 3 years to be diagnosed with Achalasia. Was doing research on this and found the 2008 article http://www.mattioli1885.com/onlinejournals/index.php/EurAnnAllergy/article/viewF\ ile/679/446 From this article Corticosteroids Corticosteroids, either systemic or topical, have proven to be effective in the treatment of EE. Liacouras et al. (7) studied a population of 20 children with EE (mean age, 5.8 years). Thirteen patients became asymptomatic and 6 showed marked improvement after a 4-week treatment period of methylprednisolone 1.5 mg/kg/twice daily. At follow-up biopsy, the number of eosinophils per HPF decreased from 34.2 to 1.5. After 12 months,10 patients required a second course of systemic steroid treatment. Seems like the Italians are doing more research on Achalasia. See steroids and achalasia above Wonder if notan could understand better. I am still waiting for a cure! Ray CA OC 80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 I replied to this an hour ago but it seems to have gotten lost. If it doesn't show up tomorrow I will resend it. For some reason I have problems posting to this group. Maureen in Mukilteo > > When I was first diagnosed with a barium scan, about 6 years ago, they said I had > esophagitis.. Took another 3 years to be diagnosed with Achalasia. > > Was doing research on this and found the 2008 article > > http://www.mattioli1885.com/onlinejournals/index.php/EurAnnAllergy/article/viewF\ ile/679/446 > > From this article > Corticosteroids > Corticosteroids, either systemic or topical, have proven to > be effective in the treatment of EE. > Liacouras et al. (7) studied a population of 20 children > with EE (mean age, 5.8 years). Thirteen patients became > asymptomatic and 6 showed marked improvement after a > 4-week treatment period of methylprednisolone 1.5 > mg/kg/twice daily. At follow-up biopsy, the number of > eosinophils per HPF decreased from 34.2 to 1.5. After 12 > months,10 patients required a second course of systemic > steroid treatment. > > Seems like the Italians are doing more research on Achalasia. > > See steroids and achalasia above > > Wonder if notan could understand better. > > I am still waiting for a cure! > > Ray CA OC 80 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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