Among children already navigating the daily burden of asthma, a quieter condition has been hiding in plain sight — one that inflames the esophagus, complicates eating, and, if left unaddressed, can scar the food pipe permanently. Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin have found that eosinophilic esophagitis may affect between 8 and 14 percent of pediatric asthma patients, a prevalence far higher than medicine has historically assumed. The discovery, drawn from a simple symptom survey administered in an asthma clinic, suggests that two conditions long treated as separate may share mor
Screening asthma clinics reveals higher eosinophilic esophagitis rates in children
Undiagnosed eosinophilic esophagitis in children with asthma may lead to fibrostenotic complications and delayed treatment affecting quality of life.