Churg-Strauss Syndrome
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Matt S.Posted
Sat 30 Aug 2008 12:00am
is thought of as a pulmonary disease, as the characteristic triad consists of allergic rhinitis, asthma, and peripheral eosinophilia. However it may involve any organ system, including...-requiring asthma, peripheral eosinophilia, a skin rash (with a biopsy showing extensive eosinophilic infiltrate), mononeuritis multiplex, and acute kidney injury requiring dialysis
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Urine eosinophils
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Matt S.Posted
Fri 15 Aug 2008 12:00am
Eosinophils in the urine can be detected by applying a Hansel's stain to the urine sediment. The presence of >1% eosinophils of the total urine WBCs constitute a positive test. In general, the same things which cause +urine eosinophils may also show elevated serum eosinophils, and in my limited experience it is the presence of SERUM eosinophiliaRead on »
Great News and Not So Good News.
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Peter OlsonPosted
Tue 19 Oct 2010 4:50pm
Great News: My Eosinophilia level continues to go down
(it is still high, but moving in the right direction)
That is probably a result of the photopheresis treatments I have been receiving every other week.
Not So Good News: Total Cholesterol Level: 259
Triglyceride Level: 599
The increased cholesterol level is probably due to a side effect
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Gleevec for systemic mastocytosis
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Mark LevinPosted
Thu 04 Feb 2010 7:35pm
with eosinophilia and predicts response to imatinib mesylate therapy. Blood. Nov 1 2003;102(9):3093-6
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What’s going on inside a cell when it gets injured?
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pathologystudentPosted
Tue 13 Oct 2009 10:04pm
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- All of the reversible changes, plus:
- Increased eosinophilia (pink color) in cells
- Bigger mitochondrial densities
- Nuclear changes (chromatin clumping, then pyknosis..., bleb formation)
Things you see in irreversible injury:
- All of the reversible changes, plus:
- Increased eosinophilia (pink color) in cells
- Bigger mitochondrial
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Comparison of Exhaled Nitric Oxide Measurement With Conventional Tests in Steroid-Naive Asthma Patients
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swanloganPosted
Wed 24 Feb 2010 1:57am
measurement of FENO, skin prick tests with common inhaled allergens,analysis of serum eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) and blood eosinophilia, and flow-volume spirometry. When... was significantly correlated with bronchial hyperresponsiveness to histamine, reversibility of airway obstruction,serum ECP levels, and blood eosinophilia. FENO did not correlate
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Neglected Infections of Poverty - Toxocariasis
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Poh Tin TanPosted
Thu 07 Apr 2011 12:03am
, anorexia, abdominal pain, hepatomegaly, nausea, and vomiting. Peripheral eosinophilia may also be present.
In adults, mild toxocariasis can be associated with chronic dyspnea, weakness, rash, pruritus, and abdominal pain. Eosinophilia is much more likely to be present in adults.
Mild toxocariasis is often undiagnosed because the patient is not sick enough
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