EOSINOPHILIA - 2 reference results
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
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