Eosinophilic Esophagitis – another Granulocyte Disorder Associated with Autism
There are many comorbidities associated with autism. I have long held the view that these comorbidities hold the key to understanding each particular case of autism. In many cases this may be far more useful than genetic testing, which only seems to help in a minority of cases. “Ringed esophagus” aka “Corrugated esophagus” This then allows you to put people into sub-groups that may well respond to the same therapy. This may all sound like common sense, but apparently is not. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a relatively new diagnosis and it is applies to a certain type of reflux/GERD/GORD that might be associated with a difficulty in swallowing and may not respond well to the standard stomach acid lowering therapies. It is likely that most people with Eosinophilic esophagitis have never been correctly diagnosed. Many people have taken several years to get the correct diagnosis. It is known that Eosinophilic esophagitis is much more common in autism than the genera...