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Teen During A General Check Up Showed High Eosinophil. What Is The Cause And How Can It Be Lowered?

Dear Doctor, My kid is 13 year old just had a general medical check up. All the result are good in the range of normal point, except the EOSINOFIL is score 6 which is greater than maximum score of 3. What is caused of that and how to bring down within the normal score. Thank you and look forward to hearing from you Sincerely, Richard
Fri, 14 Sep 2012
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Dear Richard,hello.
Your kid is having Eosinophilia i.e. a condition where eosinophils level is increased. Eosinophills are a type of White Blood Cells (WBC), which are associated with control of allergy and asthma. Whenever body is facing allergy, eosinophill count tend to increase.
Common coditions associated with eosinophillia are:-
1. Allergies like asthma, common cold, hay fever, drug allergy or skin allergic disorder like Dermatitis.
2. Parasitic infestation
You should treat the underlying cause of the allergy.You should also do the deworming of your kid. This will help in ridding of the parasitic infestation, if any.
Thanks.
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Teen During A General Check Up Showed High Eosinophil. What Is The Cause And How Can It Be Lowered?

Dear Richard,hello. Your kid is having Eosinophilia i.e. a condition where eosinophils level is increased. Eosinophills are a type of White Blood Cells (WBC), which are associated with control of allergy and asthma. Whenever body is facing allergy, eosinophill count tend to increase. Common coditions associated with eosinophillia are:- 1. Allergies like asthma, common cold, hay fever, drug allergy or skin allergic disorder like Dermatitis. 2. Parasitic infestation You should treat the underlying cause of the allergy.You should also do the deworming of your kid. This will help in ridding of the parasitic infestation, if any. Thanks.