Eosinophilia

Treatment for eosinophilia are based on their identify causes, allergic and connective tissue disorders may be amenable to corticosteroid treatment. Parasitic and fungal infections can be worsened or disseminated by use of steroids and should be ruled out.

Eosinophilia due to asthma appear symptoms such as wheezing and breathlessness, parasitic infections lead to abdominal pain, diarrhoea, fever, cough and rashes. Medicine reactions lead to skin rashes. Other symptoms of eosinophilia can include weight loss, night sweats, lymph node enlargement, numbness and nerve damage. Eosinophilia is diagnosed by blood test, skin biopsy, CT scans.

Eosinophilia causes include a wide range of conditions. Its commonest causes are allergic diseases such as asthma and hay fever, parasitic infections such as intestinal worms. It can also occur in relation to common skin diseases, medicine reactions.

Eosinophilia is an abnormal increase in the eosinophils (type of white blood cell) in blood or body tissues. Eosinophils are produced in the bone marrow existing normally in the bloodstream and gut lining, which helps the body fight infection from parasitic organisms.