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e·o·sin·o·phil·i·a (ē'ə-sĭn'ə-fĭl'ē-ə)  |
An increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood.
eosinophilia
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An absolute or relative increase in the normal number of eosinophils in the circulating blood. Various limits are given (for example, absolute eosinophilia if the total number exceeds 500 mm3) and relative if greater than 3% but total less than 500 mm3. It may be associated with skin diseases, infestations, hay fever, asthma, angioneurotic edema, adrenocortical insufficiency, and Hodgkin’s disease.
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1. the formation and accumulation of an abnormally large number of eosinophils in the blood.
2. the condition of being readily stained with eosin.
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| Eosinophilia | |
| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | D72.1 |
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| ICD-9 | 288.3 |
| DiseasesDB | 4328 |
| eMedicine | med/685 |
| MeSH | 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 (including eosinophilic esophagitis)
- Some drug reactions, e.g. DRESS syndrome
- Cholesterol embolization
- Churg-Strauss syndrome
- Some forms of chronic myeloid leukaemia
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Gleich's syndrome
- Addison's disease
- Clonorchis sinensis, a type of flatworm
- Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome caused by contaminated tryptophan supplements
- Job's Syndrome caused by increased levels of Immunoglobulin E
- A form of Colitis, eosinophilic colitis
A useful mnemonic for remembering causes of eosinophilia is NAACCP: Neoplasia, Addison Disease, Allergy/Asthma, Collagen Vascular diseases, Cholesterol emboli, and parasites.
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