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http://allergy.hyperboards.com/action/view_board/board_id/6/start/46I just wanted to keep everyone informed on my rather rare condition. I've had envirnmental allergies my whole life. About 5 years ago my health started going down hill. I had a lot of acid reflux symptoms, stress, fatigue, anxiety, malnutrition, weight loss, constipation and numerious other symptoms. Doctors continually told me nothing was wrong with me. "Take acidophilous, excersize, and eat right", they'd say. Good advice to help irritated intestines, but they missed the cause of the irritation so it didn't help. I suspected gluten and lactose intolerances. Since intestinal irritation causes a reduction in lactase production, dairy was definately a problem. All grains seem to irritate me. Wheat is definately the worst. I don't believe it's celiacs at this point. I just think I'm having a difficult time digesting the grains as well as the fact that they seem to bind me up. I have tested positive for barley and rye allergies, and I am also suspecting wheat. I saw a gastroenterologist. He wasted most of my time talking about IBS. It never made since to me. Then he brought up a rare condition called eosinophilic colitis. He said that it is food allergies cause swelling in the large intestines. "It's very rare, but it's possible" he said. And he went on talking about IBS and other possibilities that didn't really make since. I started taking claritin on a regular basis along with the acidophilous and lexapro. Claritin is working well. The swelling in my large intestines is under control and my intestines are starting to heal. I still have to identify the allergins aside from the ones I'm already avoiding. I'd love to hear from anyone thats dealing dealing with eosinophilic colitis, and I hope this helps anyone dealing with my symptioms.
And for what it's worth my acid reflux symptoms, weren't really acid reflux. It was burping up dairy and grains that weren't properly digested. Acid medication provided some short term relief, especially aciphex, but made things worse in the long term.