What Does ABSOLUTE EOSINOPHILS in a Blood Test Mean?

Eosinophils are a certain kind of  White Blood Cells (WBCs) found in our body. They become active when certain allergic diseases, medical conditions and infections develop in our body. An Absolute Eosinophils test shows the amount of each type of blood cell circulating in your bloodstream. A medical practitioner will order a WBC and a complete blood count (CBC) to get a clear  picture of your overall health.

If the WBC count is high, it shows that the body’s immune system is fighting some kind of infection caused by a virus, fungus or bacteria and parasites and worms. In some extreme cases it could also signify an autoimmune disease. Eosinophils also help in curbing inflammation related to asthma, eczema and allergies. 

Checking your eosinophils levels, helps the doctor detect the above mentioned conditions, and to increase the levels, he might prescribe diet pills, a drug called interferon, used to treat infections, laxatives which contain psyllium or tranquillisers. 

To get your eosinophils count checked, no special technique is used. It is conducted like a simple blood test, where one’s blood is drawn via the syringe from the vein, and then the blood is taken to be processed at a lab.

In extreme cases where the levels exceed 5000 eosinophil cells per mL chances are the patient could have ulcerative colitis, leukaemia,etc. In such cases doctors might use monoclonal antibodies or immunomodulators, a kind of steroid to reduce your eosinophil levels.

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Refs-

https://www.webmd.com/asthma/eosinophil-count-facts

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