Eosinophilia

Eosinophilia

DiseaseDisorder infobox
Name = Eosinophilia
ICD10 = ICD10|D|72|1|d|70
ICD9 = ICD9|288.3
ICDO =


Caption =
OMIM =
MedlinePlus =
eMedicineSubj = med
eMedicineTopic = 685
DiseasesDB = 4328
MeshID = D004802

Eosinophilia is the state of having a high concentration of eosinophils (eosinophil granulocytes) in the blood. The normal concentration is between 0 and 0.5 x 109 eosinophils per litre of blood. Eosinophilia can be "reactive" (in response to other stimuli such as allergy or infection) or "non reactive".

The release of interleukin 5 by T cells, mast cells and macrophages stimulates the production of eosinophils.

Causes

Diseases that feature eosinophilia:
* Hypereosinophilic syndrome
* Parasitic infections (intestinal helminthiasis)
* Allergic disorders
* Some drug reactions, e.g. DRESS syndrome
* Cholesterol embolization
* Churg-Strauss syndrome
* Some forms of chronic myeloid leukaemia
* Hodgkin's disease
* Gleich's syndrome
* Addison's disease
* Clonorchis sinensis, a type of flatworm
* Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome caused by contaminated tryptophan supplements

References

ee also

* Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome


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