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Getting Cold And Throat Infection. AEC Done. The Count Is 420/cumm. What Medication Is Needed?
Question: Recently I got my AEC done. The count is 420/cumm. What medication is needed to be taken? I get frequent cold and throat infections
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High numbers of eosinophils (eosinophilia) are usually associated with allergic diseases and infections from parasites such as worms. A high eosinophil count may be due to:
Asthma
Autoimmune diseases
Eczema
Hay fever
Since you get frequent colds you need to consult an allergist or pulmonologist to rule out asthma or any respiratory hypereactive disorders . Accordingly treatment with preventive medications like antihistamine and mast cell stabilizers like cetrizine and monteleukast etc might be started usually as a once or twice daily dose . In addition if required as and when reliever medications like bronchodilator inhalers or steroidal sprays might be added.
It's advisable to get yourself evaluated thoroughly before starting medications as most allergic tendencies usually recurr if not treated adequately .
So kindly refrain from self medication and consult your doctor as and when feasible .
Hope I have answered your query.
I'll be available for any follow up queries.
Regards
Thanks for posting your query.
High numbers of eosinophils (eosinophilia) are usually associated with allergic diseases and infections from parasites such as worms. A high eosinophil count may be due to:
Asthma
Autoimmune diseases
Eczema
Hay fever
Since you get frequent colds you need to consult an allergist or pulmonologist to rule out asthma or any respiratory hypereactive disorders . Accordingly treatment with preventive medications like antihistamine and mast cell stabilizers like cetrizine and monteleukast etc might be started usually as a once or twice daily dose . In addition if required as and when reliever medications like bronchodilator inhalers or steroidal sprays might be added.
It's advisable to get yourself evaluated thoroughly before starting medications as most allergic tendencies usually recurr if not treated adequately .
So kindly refrain from self medication and consult your doctor as and when feasible .
Hope I have answered your query.
I'll be available for any follow up queries.
Regards
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