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Treatment

Treatment is directed at the cause of the disease, an allergy is a reaction to a drug or a parasitic infestation.

The treatments are usually effective in the reduction or resolution of eosinophilia, and are not particularly toxic.

Treatment of hypereosinophilic syndrome: initial treatment of this rare form of eosinophilia include the use of oral corticosteroids, usually starting with prednisone in doses of 30-60mg a day. If this is not effective, a chemotherapeutic agent is administered. Read the rest of this entry »

How is it diagnosed?

The blood eosinophilia is diagnosed by a simple blood test. Tissue eosinophilia is diagnosed by examining the relevant tissue. For example, you removed a piece of skin tissue (skin biopsy) and examined under a microscope.

What can the doctor do?

When it has been diagnosed, the doctor will help establish the cause of the disease. You can do blood tests to confirm specific allergies such as pollen or dust mites. You can determine the existence of a parasitic infestation by analyzing samples of blood and feces. Also, ask if you are taking new drugs if the eosinophilia was the result of a side effect, and traveling abroad for a possible parasite infestation. Sometimes a dog at home can be the source of an infestation called toxocariasis (Toxocara canis or larva migrans). Read the rest of this entry »

How eosinophilia appears?

There is an increased number of eosinophils when necessary to fight parasitic infestation, in which case it is useful eosinophilia, and allergic diseases in which eosinophilia is harmful, because of harmful proteins accumulate in the eosinophils tissues and can cause injury. For example, in asthma, eosinophilia causes lesions in the bronchi.

What are the symptoms?

The symptoms of eosinophilia are those of the causative pathology. For example, when the eosinophilia appears asthma, symptoms include cough, shortness of breath and wheezing (wheezing) in the chest. Parasitic infections can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, cough and rash. Reactions to drugs are also cause skin rashes, and appear after a new medication. In a less common, there may be associated with eosinophilia symptoms such as weight loss, night sweats, enlarged lymph nodes or localized loss of sensation and tingling due to nerve damage. Read the rest of this entry »

What are eosinophils?

Eosinophils are a type of white blood cells from the blood. Like other white blood cells, eosinophils are produced in the bone marrow (bone marrow) and are normally found in the blood and the mucosal lining inside your intestines. Contain proteins that help the body fight against infestation by parasites, such as worms. But in some diseases, these proteins from eosinophils may damage rather than help the body.

What is eosinophilia?

The term eosinophilia refers to the abnormal situation in which there is an increased number of eosinophils in the blood or certain body tissues.

When does eosinophilia occur?

Eosinophilia occurs in many different diseases. The most common causes in most developed countries are allergic diseases such as asthma or allergic rhinitis, while in the rest of the world’s leading cause of infestation by parasites. It may also appear in relation to common skin diseases, and adverse drug reactions. Other less common causes are: Read the rest of this entry »