Asthma of the oesophagus: the alarming rise of a rare inflammatory condition

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After nearly 20 hours, s Sunday ed up in A&E.

It would take another decade, and more incidents, before Thornton received a diagnosis.

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Diagnostics companies are working on ways to make it easier for doctors to pick up EoE without requiring a ful nearly 20 hours ere a tube containing a small camera is inserted down the patient’s throat.

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