What happens if you don’t treat EOE?
Hello, 36M diagnosed with EOE back in November last year. My only symptom is a hard time swallowing and I’m pretty sure I’ve had it for years as I’ve always had a hard time swallowing food since I was in middle school. Anyways I was put on PPI’s but they haven’t done much, my eosinophils are still high after my last endoscopy. My doc says dupixent is the next step but having to do a weekly shot for the rest of my life sounds miserable. So my question is how bad does this get if left untreated? I’ve lived over 20yrs of my life like this just fine. I can manage needing water for every meal if needed.
I’ve read mixed things that if left untreated I would just have to get endoscopy’s yearly to stretch out my esophagus if it narrows which I’d honestly rather do that than do weekly injections for the rest of my life. I’ve also read that if left untreated it can cause cancer but the research is hit or miss.
For now I’m going to try elimination diet with Aciphex instead of omeperazole and see what that does. But I’m looking into any insight on this, thank you.