Eosinophilia

Eosinophils are the cells produced in bone marrow and found in blood stream and gut lining.

The help in fighting against infections and parasitic infestations.

The normal eosinophil count should be not higher than 350 eosinophils per microL of whole blood.

 If it more than 400 per microL it is called as eosinophilia, means presence of abnormal high amounts of eosinophils in blood and body tissues.

It is seen in conditions like,

Asthma, 

hay fever,

 lung diseases like  Loeffler's syndrome, 

vasculitis as in Churg-Strauss syndrome,   

tumours like lymphoma, 

cirrhosis of the liver, 

in antibody deficiency cases,

 in some skin disorders etc.

If cause is not known it is called as hypereosinophilic syndrome.

The symptoms depends on cause like,

wheezing and breathlessness in asthma,

abdominal pain, diarrhoea, fever, rashes etc in parasitic infestation.

To treat eosinophilia, the cause should be treated,