HONOLULU — Patients with both eosinophilic esophagitis and asthma present to the hospital at an earlier age than those patients who only have EoE, according to an abstract presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.
Also, asthma is more prevalent among women than among men, although the reason for this difference remains unclear, according to Linda H. Pham, DO, an internal medicine specialist with Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside, California.
“Asthma has always been an interesting topic for me because it’s so common. I feel like everyone knows someone with asthma. I was