FOOD OBSTRUCTION PLAN
This section provides you with a guidance in case you suffer from a complete food blockage in your esophagus.
Please remember that a complete food blockage represents an emergency situation and might be potentially dangerous for your life. Please find here practical steps:
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Do not try to induce vomiting as this can lead to esophageal perforation
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If the blocked food does not get dislodged spontaneously within 30 minutes after blockage, please go to the nearest emergency station in a hospital.
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Take an empty bottle and spit the saliva you can no longer swallow into the bottle
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Tell the healthcare professionals that you have an eosinophilic esophagitis.
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Demand that the blocked food be removed by flexible endoscopy offered by a gastroenterologist. In some hospitals, surgeons also offer a removal of blocked food under general anesthesia by rigid esophagoscopy. A rigid esophagoscopy should be avoided as it is associated with a higher risk for esophageal perforation (leakage of the esophagus) when compared to a flexible esophagoscopy. The majority of patients suffering a complete food blockage can be treated by flexible endoscopy under sedation.
The Swiss EoE Cohort is supported by the following entities:
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