Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders in childhood

Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders are a group of chronic inflammatory conditions characterised by the presence eosinophilic infiltrates in wall. These include esophagitis, gastritis, gastroenteritis, enteritis, and colitis. Their incidence is increasing, with esophagitis known to be most common form. The etiopathogenesis not fully understood, likely associated an abnormal immune response food and/or inhalant allergen. They often accompanied allergies. Clinical symptoms, especially youngest children, non-specific depend on segment involved. feeding difficulties regurgitation infants, heartburn, chest pain, dysphagia bite impaction adolescents adults. Except for there no uniform diagnostic or therapeutic guidelines disorders. Diagnosis challenging it based coexistence clinical, endoscopic histopathological symptoms exclusion secondary causes infiltration. Treatment involves use proton pump inhibitors, elimination diet, glucocorticoid therapy. Endoscopic surgical treatment may necessary some cases. remission does correlate remission, therefore monitoring effects requires multiple endoscopies assessment specimens. aim this paper was present current data incidence, diagnosis diseases children.