Symptoms

What are the Symptoms of EGID?

Symptoms can vary greatly, depending on the area affected, but can include:

• Nausea
  

• Vomiting
  

• Diarrhea
  

• Abdominal or chest pain
  

• Reflux that does not respond to usual treatment (i.e. proton pump inhibitors, medicine which stops acid production)

• Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)

• Failure to thrive (poor growth or weight loss)
  

• Poor appetite
  

• Early satiety (feeling full sooner than you should)

• Food impactions (food gets stuck in the throat)

• Gastroparesis (delayed emptying of the stomach)

• Bloating

• Anemia

• Blood in the stool

• Malnutrition
  

• Difficulty sleeping

In addition to (not in lieu of) the above, some people also experience pain in their lower limbs (legs, ankles & feet), ear infections, asthma, croup, migraines, mysterious fevers, and more frequent “colds” when they are reacting to a food. Behavioral changes have also been reported in some children.