Clinical Study
Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Developing Country: Is It Different from Developed Countries?
Table 2
Symptoms of eosinophilic esophagitis based on age at presentation.
| Symptom | ≤5 years | 6–10 years | 11–15 years | >15 years |
| Dysphagia/feeding difficulty | 7 (41%) | 12 (92%) | 10 (100%) | 10 (100%) | Vomiting | 8 (67%) | 1 (7.5%) | 0 | 0 | Failure to thrive/weight loss | 7 (41%) | 2 (15.5%) | 0 | 0 | Heart-burn | 0 | 1 (7.5%) | 3 (30%) | 5 (50%) | Esophageal food impaction | 2 (17%) | 4 (31%) | 4 (40%) | 6 (60%) | Abdominal pain | 0 | 2 (15.5%) | 2 (20%) | 0 |
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