Dr. Rishi Chadha, MD is a board‑certified gastroenterologist who specializes in preventive gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening, and minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. He completed his fellowship at Sunrise Health GME in Las Vegas and previously trained in internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Connecticut.
Eo E is an allergic and chronic esophageal inflammatory disease. It is an illness that comes up as the daily lining of esophagus is stuffed up with white blood cells known as eosinophiles that cause pain, swelling and also difficulty in swallowing. EoE can manifest itself in children as well as adults and falls under the ICD-10 of K20.0.
Assess symptoms, history of treatment, family history of allergies/asthma and risks.
Incidentally introduces small camera to examine the tissues to identify inflammation or rings and samples of small size tissues to determine the number of eosinophils.
Tests the skin or blood to establish food and environmental stimulus.
Dr. Rishi Chadha, MD is a board‑certified gastroenterologist who specializes in preventive gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening, and minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. He completed his fellowship at Sunrise Health GME in Las Vegas and previously trained in internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Connecticut.
It is a persistent disease in which the eosinophils (type of white blood cell) are deposited in the esophagus causing an inflammatory response, and difficulty in swallowing.
It can be caused by allergies to food (dairy, wheat, eggs) and environmental allergens, and hyperresponsivity of the esophagus.
He does heme endoscopy and esophageal biopsies to eliminate other causes that cause symptoms.
These symptoms were swallows, food impaction, chest pains, heartburn and in pediatrics feeding problems and mal-growth.
The code of diagnosis and medical record K20.0.
This can be addressed using diet, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), allergy treatment, and swallowed steroid topicals.
Yes. A removal of the diets which include the frequently occurring trigger foods can lead to a dramatic reduction in symptoms and inflammation.
Yes. Dr. Chadha applies topical corticosteroids such as budesonide or fluticasone which are minimally systemic when applied properly.
Yes. Periodical endoscopies are used to monitor the response of the treatment and allow making changes in the plan of care in case it is necessary.
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