Eosinophilia Classification and external resources
ICD-10	D72.1
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 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify Diseases The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision ( ICD -10) is a coding of diseases and signs symptoms abnormal findings The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify Diseases The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. The Diseases Database is a free Website that provides information about the relationships between medical conditions Symptoms, and Medications. eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996 by Scott Plantz and Richard Lavely two medical doctors Medical Subject Headings ( MeSH) is a huge Controlled vocabulary (or metadata system for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books Eosinophil granulocytes, usually called eosinophils (or less commonly acidophils) are White blood cells that are one of the Immune System components Blood is a specialized Bodily fluid that delivers necessary substances to the body's cells €”such as nutrients and oxygen—and transports Waste products The normal concentration is between 0 and 0. 5 x 10⁹ eosinophils per litre of blood. The litre or liter (see spelling differences) is a unit of Volume. 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. Interleukin 5 or IL-5 is an Interleukin produced by T helper -2 cells and Mast cells. T cells belong to a group of White blood cells known as Lymphocytes, and play a central role in Cell-mediated immunity. A mast cell (or mastocyte) is a resident cell of several types of tissues and contains many granules rich in Histamine and Heparin Macrophages ( Greek: "big eaters" from makros "large" + phagein "eat" ( Mø) are cells within the tissues that

Causes

Diseases that feature eosinophilia:

• Hypereosinophilic syndrome
• Parasitic infections (intestinal helminthiasis)
• Allergic disorders
• Some drug reactions
• Cholesterol embolization
• Churg-Strauss syndrome
• Some forms of chronic myeloid leukaemia
• Hodgkin's disease
• Gleich's syndrome
• Addison's disease
• Clonorchis sinensis, a type of flatworm

Management

If eosinophilia persists for six months, and all major recognized secondary causes have been excluded (parasitic/helminthic infections, HIV, drug hypersensitivity, cancer, lymphomas, and primary allergic disorders), the diagnosis of idiopathic eosinophilia is made. The hypereosinophilic syndrome (HS is a disease process characterized by a persistently elevated eosinophil count (≥ 1500 eosinophils/mm³ in the blood for at least six months without Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship between Organisms of different Species. See also Parasitic worm (disambiguation Parasitic worms or helminths are a division of eukaroytic Parasites that unlike external parasites such Allergy is a disorder of the Immune system often also referred to as Atopy. An adverse drug reaction (abbreviated ADR) or adverse drug event (abbreviated ADE) is an expression that describes the unwanted negative consequences Cholesterol embolism (often cholesterol crystal embolism or atheroembolism, sometimes blue toe or purple toe syndrome or trash foot Churg-Strauss syndrome (also known as allergic Granulomatosis) is a medium and small vessel autoimmune Vasculitis, leading to Necrosis Chronic myelogenous (or myeloid leukemia ( CML) is a form of Leukemia characterized by the increased and unregulated growth of predominantly Myeloid cells Hodgkin's lymphoma, also known as Hodgkin's disease is a type of Lymphoma first described by Thomas Hodgkin in 1832 Gleich's syndrome or episodic angioedema with eosinophilia is a rare disease in which the body swells up episodically ( Angioedema) associated with raised antibodies Addison's disease (also known as chronic Adrenal insufficiency, '''hypocortisolism''' or '''hypocorticism) is a rare Endocrine disorder The Clonorchis sinensis is a human liver Fluke in the class Trematoda, Phylum Platyhelminthes. It is modified to hypereosinophilic syndrome if there is evidence of organ involvement. The hypereosinophilic syndrome (HS is a disease process characterized by a persistently elevated eosinophil count (≥ 1500 eosinophils/mm³ in the blood for at least six months without ^[1]

See also

• Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome

Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS is an incurable and sometimes fatal flu-like neurological condition that is believed to have been caused by ingestion of poorly produced L-tryptophan

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