Taylor Fullwood

Mrs. Hensel
English IV
19 February 2015

Annotated Bibliography: Eosinophilic Esophagitis

"Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Idaho Gastroenterology Associates. Idaho

Gastroenterology Associates, n.d.
Web. 12 Feb. 2015.
This article gives a complete explanation of Eosinophilic Esophagitis and what the
main affect it has to the body. According to the article Eosinophilic Esophagitis
affects both children and adults, but for unknown reasons it more commonly affects
young boys and men. The major symptom in adults is difficulty swallowing
(dysphagia). In children the most common symptoms are abdominal pain, nausea,
vomiting, coughing and failure to thrive. Eosinophilic Esophagitis stiffens the
esophagus so that solid foods have difficulty passing through the esophagus and
into the stomach. Eosinophilic Esophagitis is a newly-recognized disease in adults.
With this being said understanding the causes, the history, diagnosis and
management is very limited.
This article is a reliable source because it is full of facts and seems to be up to date.
The information is provided by gastroenterology associates and provides objective
information. It is objective because of the data provided about the affects it has on
the children and the adults. The data is very informative based on the diagnosis,
symptoms, the treatment needed and some of the causes that are known. This
article provides more information about this disease that rarely is recognized.
This article is a great source for my research project because it provides the
information I was looking for plus more. It indicates that this disease is affected in
both adults and children, but the children may experience more symptoms. This
article will provide information about Eosinophilic Esophagitis being a newlyrecognized disease, but it will go into details about what it is as much as possible.
This article has not changed my opinion on Eosinophilic Esophagitis. However, I do
know this topic will be hard to research due to the information provided in this
article.

Furuta, Glenn T. Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children and Adults. Gastroenterology

& Hepatology.
Millennium Medical Publishing, 4 Nov. 2008. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
This article is basically doing a compare and contrast between adults and children
with Eosinophilic Esophagitis. It has brief explanations on how the symptoms vary
between adults and children, who it is more prevalent in, and if the treatment is
required further into the adulthood. This article does state that in children,
symptoms may be nonspecific, such as abdominal pain or the symptoms with
gastroesophageal reflux (GERD). In contrast, most adults only experience food
impaction or dysphagia. Within this article I have read that Eosinophilic Esophagitis
is worse in children, because they do experience more symptoms and could possibly
develop psychological or behavioral problems, which could impact family, school,
and social functions. Adults on the other hand are more mature and can handle the
fact of this disease.
This article could be a useful source, but it is not a source that I would turn to for all
my information. This article is more of a question and answer response. It provides
me with a lot of reliable information, but it also provides me with some information
that is not needed. It gives me a good variety of comparing and contrasting adults
and children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis, but some of the information given could
not be used in my research paper.
Like I said before this article is not the best for my research paper because it
provides me with some unnecessary information. Its hard to tell if this article is up
to date with the information because it does mention that they need a better
understanding of the quality of the lives associated with the disease and the
treatment. The information in this article has not changed my opinion on
Eosinophilic Esophagitis, however it has given me second guesses on whether or
not I will ever get any reliable information that is not repetitive. This article was a
little hard to follow.
Straumann, A., et al. "Pediatric and Adult Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Similarities and
Differences." Allergy
67.4 (2012): 477-490. Academic Search Complete. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.
This article is showing the similarities and differences between adults and children
who has Eosinophilic Esophagitis. It basically talked about how the children and the
adults have the same types of affects, but there are differences that occur between
them both. For instance they have allergies that could affect Eosinophilic
Esophagitis, but the children have a food antigen and the adults have aeroallergen.
This article talks about how genetics can play an effect on the disease. This article
does state how Eosinophilic Esophagitis is the main cause of food impaction in
young male patients.

The article is a useful source, because it has up to date information about the
similarities and differences in the children and adults. The information provided in
this article is reliable and objective. This is information is reliable and objective
because it backs up either the similarity or the difference with reasonable
information. This article has a lot of medical information that helps support the
information about the children and adults with Eosinophilic Esophagitis. This
information can be supported in my research project.
This article is a really good source for my research paper. This article provides me
with information that will help support my question. It has a good amount of
information about the similarities and differences, which is exactly what I was
looking for. It indicates that Eosinophilic Esophagitis is common in children and
adults, but they have the information on the similarities and differences. This article
does not change my opinion about my topic. This article actually gives me more
information and gives me the ability to know more about what I need to know. I will
most definitely use this article in my research paper.