What does the phrase mean: "Eosinophils elevated in children"? This is scary?

With this parameter, only those who have to take a detailed blood test from the finger face. In stand-by cases, the values of ESR - the rate of formation of erythrocytes, leukocytes - to determine the presence of the inflammatory process and the level of hemoglobin in the blood are of interest. The fact that eosinophils are raised in children, parents sometimes can not guess and do not even know what eosinophils are.

Eosinophils

Eosinophils are phagocytic cells from the leukocyte group, mainly consisting of immunoglobulin E. They create a protective barrier in the fight against many diseases, which include infectious, systemic and caused by parasitic pathogens.

If the normal number of leukocytes eosinophils are increased in a child, the reasons can be identified as follows:

• All kinds of allergies and bronchial asthma;
• chorea;
• Colitis of different etiology;
• Skin diseases;
• Periods of recovery from infectious diseases;
• Diseases caused by the presence of parasites.

Very often children become infected with worms from pets.

Eosinophils may also be increased in children during the course of childhood infections and blood diseases.

These protective cells, after release into the blood, exist there in active form for up to 2 weeks, for their amount corresponds to the hormonal system in the adrenal glands.

Additional examinations

If the remaining indicators, except for eosinophils, are normal, and the leukocyte cells themselves did not exceed the normal value much, then there is no need to panic. The level can vary throughout the day. Analyzes are usually taken in the morning, on an empty stomach. And it is then that there is a maximum amount of eosinophils in the blood. The procedure is repeated and then the result is already looked at.

It is believed that eosinophils are elevated in children, when in several analyzes their content in the blood is more than 7-8% at the age of two years and 5-6% at the age of more than 2 years.

If the values are seriously exceeded, additional tests are suggested. If the child has recently had a viral infection, then the blood tests are postponed for at least 3 months, and the analysis of feces for eggs of worms can be taken immediately. Maybe this analysis will have to be passed several times. Parasites and their eggs are not always present in feces, they have a well-established life cycle.

To torment the child, collecting bile to determine the presence of opisthorchiasis in the body, not every parent is capable of. Moreover, the presence of parasite eggs in the bile ducts is also found 5 weeks after infection and has a cyclic character.

Treatment

With the help of tests and surveys, it is usually possible to identify why eosinophils are elevated in a child. Treatment is prescribed only if circumstances require it.

It is impossible to leave helminthic invasions without therapy, from parasites it is required to get rid of after detection. Also it is necessary to take care of a special diet for the baby, if the increase in eosinophils was caused by ulcerative colitis or bowel disease of another etiology. It is necessary to clarify what kind of medical intervention is required if you have identified diseases associated with hemopoiesis.

If there is bronchial asthma or chorea, then with elevated eosinophils will have to accept, and monitor their level in dynamics.

With some chronic diseases, the fact that eosinophils are elevated in children, it is not necessary to focus attention. For this state - this is the norm.