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Eosinophil Count
Aka: Eosinophil Count, Eosinophil, Eosinophilia
- See Also
- Complete Blood Count
- Characteristics
- Function: Response to Allergy and Parasitic Infection
- Responds to mast cell, Basophil chemotactic factors
- Morphology on Blood Smear
- Granulocyte stains brightly with Eosin Stain
- Normal
- Range: 1-4%
- Increased (Eosinophilia)
- Allergy
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Atopy
- Asthma
- Dermatologic Disorders
- Pemphigus
- Pemphigoid
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Parasitic or Tropical infection
- Trichinosis
- Aspergillosis
- Hydatidosis
- Angiostrongylus
- Ascaris lumbricoides
- Capillariasis
- Cysticercosis
- Echinococcus
- Fascioliasis
- Filariasis
- Gnathostomiasis
- Paragonimiasis
- Schistosomiasis
- Strongyloidiasis
- Toxocara
- Trichuris trichiura
- Bacterial Infection
- Scarlet Fever
- Leprosy
- Myeloproliferative disorders and other Malignancies
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Polycythemia Vera
- Myelofibrosis
- Collagen-vascular diseases
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Periarteritis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome
- Medications
- Radiation Therapy
- Acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin)
- Chlorpropamide
- Erythromycin
- Imipramine
- Methotrexate
- Nitrofurantoin
- Procarbazine
- Sulfonamides
- Miscellaneous
- Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Addison's Disease
- Loffler's Syndrome