Eosinophilic Disorders (Print Version)

Also called: Also called: Eosinophilia

Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell. They contain particles filled with chemicals that fight off infections and play a role in your body’s immune response. Normally your blood doesn’t have a large number of eosinophils. Your body may produce more of them in response to allergic disorders, inflammation of the skin, and parasitic infections. They can also increase in response to some infections or to some bone marrow disorders. In some conditions, the eosinophils can move outside the bloodstream and into organs and tissues. Treatment of the problem depends on the cause.

Overviews

Eosinophilic Disorders(Merck & Co., Inc.) - http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec14/ch174/ch174g.html

Diagnosis/Symptoms

Upper Endoscopy(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/upperendoscopy/

Specific Conditions

About Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EE)(American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders) - http://www.apfed.org/ee.htm
About Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders (EGID)(American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders) - http://www.apfed.org/egid.htm
Churg Strauss Syndrome(American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders) - http://www.apfed.org/css.htm
Churg-Strauss Syndrome(Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center) - http://vasculitis.med.jhu.edu/typesof/churgstrauss.html
Eosinophilic Fasciitis(Merck & Co., Inc.) - http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec05/ch068/ch068h.html
Eosinophilic Pneumonia(Merck & Co., Inc.) - http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch051/ch051c.html
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (HES)(American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders) - http://www.apfed.org/hes.htm
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome and Churg-Straus Syndrome(American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders) - http://www.apfed.org/hescss.htm
Leukemia--Eosinophilic(American Society of Clinical Oncology) - http://www.cancer.net/patient/Cancer+Types/Leukemia+-+Eosinophilic

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Churg-Strauss Syndrome(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Churg-Strauss+Syndrome%22
ClinicalTrials.gov: Eosinophilia(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Eosinophilia%22
ClinicalTrials.gov: Hypereosinophilic Syndrome(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Hypereosinophilic+Syndrome%22

Journal Articles

References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

Article: Regulation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-2/-9 expression in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis--cell... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18712166&tool=MedlinePlus
Article: Eosinophils in Allergy and Related Diseases. Proceedings of a workshop,... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18504414&tool=MedlinePlus
Article: Clinical and pathological study of Kimura's disease with renal involvement. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18651541&tool=MedlinePlus
Eosinophilic Disorders -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=eosinophilia[majr]+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+NOT+(case+reports[pt]+OR+editorial[pt]+OR+letter[pt])&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus

Medical Encyclopedia

eosinophil - http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v:project=medlineplus&binning-state=group%3d%3dMedical%20Encyclopedia&query=eosinophil

Dictionaries/Glossaries

Eosinophilic Disorders Glossary(American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders) - http://www.apfed.org/glossary.htm

Directories

Locate a Pediatric Gastroenterologist(North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition) - http://www.naspghan.org/aspModules/PublicLocateDoctor/PublicLocateDoctor.asp

Organizations

American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders - http://www.apfed.org/
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition(North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition) - http://www.naspghan.org/

Children

About Eosinophilic Disorders(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) - http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=83825
Eosinophilic Esophagitis(North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition) - Links to PDF - http://www.naspghan.org/user-assets/Documents/pdf/diseaseInfo/New%20brochures/EE-%20ENGLISH-E.pdf
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis(Children's Hospital Boston) - http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site1101/mainpageS1101P0.html

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

Blood, Heart and Circulation - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bloodheartandcirculation.html
Digestive System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/digestivesystem.html
Lungs and Breathing - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lungsandbreathing.html