The human body is so perfect that even its smallest part performs its function. And everyone knows the fact that many diseases are asymptomatic at an early stage. Today, there are many ways to diagnose diseases at an early stage. It is a general blood test that can signal in a timely manner about the changes that have occurred in the body, therefore it is recommended to donate blood periodically.
White blood cells as components of blood are responsible for the protective functions of the body and are involved in the immune system. A change in their quantitative composition indicates that the immune system does not cope with its functions and an inflammatory process occurs in the body. In this case, additional diagnosis is necessary to find the source of inflammation. A very important evaluation factor in the general blood test is the number of eosinophils.
Eosinophils are blood cells, which are one of the types of leukocytes, they are responsible for protecting the human body from foreign protein. They are usually calculated as a percentage of the total number of white blood cells. Their normal ratio is from 0.5 to 5% of the total number of leukocytes. With allergic reactions and infection of the body with helminths, this indicator increases, so-called eosinophilia occurs.
There are cases when eosinophils are lowered, such a pathology is called eosinopenia. A decrease in their number in the postoperative period is a sign of a serious condition of the patient. Also, eosinophils are reduced during exacerbation of various infectious diseases or severe intoxication of the body. Eosinopenia in humans is manifested when stressful situations arise, when the body's resistance decreases. Very often cases are recorded when eosinophils are lowered during pregnancy. In this case, if all other blood components are normal, eosinopenia is explained by the restructuring in the body of a woman preparing to become a mother. However, in all women, eosinophils are reduced during pregnancy, and a sharp decrease in their number can occur directly during childbirth. The same sharp decrease in eosinophils occurs with severe burns.
The mechanism of the onset of eosinopenia and its consequences by modern medicine is not fully understood, and the reasons for the decline in eosinophils are called by the doctors a lot. Therefore, when eosinophils in the blood are lowered, treatment is advisory. In particular, eosinopenia in combination with leukocytosis indicates active inflammation in the human body, most likely at the initial stage. Therefore, in this case, further diagnosis is necessary in order to understand why eosinophils are lowered.
Eosinopenia occurs much less frequently than eosinophilia, because descriptions of its effects are less common. But in that and in another case, a mandatory consultation of a specialist doctor is needed. Recent studies have shown that eosinophils are reduced during treatment with corticosteroid hormones, which is prescribed when acute allergic reactions occur. In children, an increase in the number of eosinophils is more often than a decrease. The exception is children with Down syndrome. Often, eosinophils in the blood are lowered in premature babies in combination with sepsis.
Slight fluctuations in the quantitative composition of eosinophils occur during the day, their number increases at night. The age factor also makes its changes in their quantitative composition, although the percentage ratio to leukocytes remains constant.