If a person has an increased level of eosinophils, this may be due to a number of reasons. Among the most common are the following:
- The body contains parasites (usually worms).
- Banal allergy. It is especially common in families where pets are kept - dogs, cats, hamsters or ferrets.
Elevated eosinophils in a child are observed mainly because babies are very fond of picking things up from the floor or the ground and dragging them into their mouths. Recently, the environmental situation is getting worse and worse, scientists every year establish the existence of ever new varieties of pathogens. Is it any wonder that catching an infection is so easy?
Manifestations
Up to a certain point, elevated eosinophils in a child may not manifest at all. Many parents find out about this during the examination with a pediatrician. The danger is that over time, the baby may have serious health problems.
Diagnostics
Experts advise: if the results of the analyzes revealed too high a level of eosinophils, there is no need to panic. It is advisable to donate blood to platelets, monocytes and other components. Only after that it will be possible to talk about the causes, diagnosis and treatment.
Adult diseases
So, elevated eosinophils in a child are explained quite simply. What about adults? In most cases, the cause is the same as in babies: fungi, worms, and other infections. However, there are several more factors. In modern medicine, it is customary to distinguish eight groups of probable causes of this pathology:
- Stomach and intestinal problems. This includes all kinds of diseases of these two organs, as well as liver disease.
- Endocrinology.
- Cardiovascular disease (especially heart disease).
- Weak lungs and bronchi.
- Skin diseases (eczema, dermatitis, allergic reactions).
- Weakened immunity.
- Oncology. A tumor developing in the body, malignant or benign, can also provoke elevated eosinophils in a child.
- Various infections.
It is clear that in each case it’s almost impossible to establish a reason. That is why it is so important to submit all analyzes in a timely manner. By the way, the reverse situation is also widespread - the level of eosinophils in the blood may be too low. What is this talking about?
Low level
In medicine, this phenomenon is referred to by the term "eosinopenia." If, for example, eosinophils are elevated in the baby, there may be a lot of reasons. If their level is lowered, the answer is only one: the patient has recently had a serious illness or is sick right now. The fact is that these white blood cells are actively involved in protecting the body. If there are few of them, then they were involved in the destruction of a foreign protein, absorbing it and dissolving it with their enzymes. By the way, there is such a thing as aneosinophilia. It is characterized by the complete absence of eosinophils in the blood of a person and happens with typhoid fever, sepsis.