eosinophilia , what kind of disease it is?

eosinophilia , what kind of disease it is?

do we need to take any precautions?

 

Most of the online articles -- like wikipedia's -- are scientifically accurate, but not easily digestible by the layman.

To put it far more simply, it means an overactive immune system response -- "eosinophil" is a big fancy word for "white blood cells", "eosiniophilia" simply meaning your body is pumping out more of them than it should be. Infections and allergic reactions can be the cause, though more dangerous underlying conditions can also trigger it.

You'd think an elevated immune system would be a good thing, but even in mild cases it being "in overdrive" for too long can actually compromise the immune response because it never gets to 'rest'. As it continues to just go and go and go the quality of the white blood cells and effectiveness therein becomes compromised. You may have more of them, but they are less and less effective. In extreme cases their ability to sense hostiles can become compromised so they don't actually attack anything -- and in rare instances the white blood cells can even mistake other healthy cells as an invader and attack them instead.

In that last scenario dead skin cells are most commonly mistaken for infection, resulting in rosatia, hives and other skin irritations. Since the outer layer of skin is mostly dead cells, including internally in the airways this can trigger inflamation of the airway that can in turn dial up the immune response even further. If allowed to go for too long it will then start chewing away at healthy tissues.

Laughably healthy tissues put up a slightly better defense than unhealthy/tumorous/cancerous cells, which is how chemotherapy works. While left untreated eosinophilia can kill you, triggering it is also being investigated as a cancer treatment?!?

If you are taking NSAID's or other anti-inflammatories, STOP. Antihistamines can help if an allergic reaction is the underlying cause , but as mentioned you really need to review what is causing it with a doctor as it's not so much a disease, as a symptom of something else! That "something else" could range from simpler environmental allergies to severe tissue damage and chronic illness.

Just to say it again: SEE A DOCTOR. SOON!

 

Our lecturer once told us that wikipedia articles are not scientifically correct and that our college teachers has accurate information and we must refer to our teachers notes than searching online for resources. They tough us that binary is the most popular and widely used language in Computer Science today...

 

I couldn't make heads or tails of the medical terminology, but it does sound serious.