What Does Raised Eosinophil Count Indicate?

Posted on Thu, 17 Sep 2015

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Question : My child had strep throat infection in his bloodstream about 5 months ago. He went to school and contacted Strep throat again and he took antibiotics. He still has body aches and his eso count is 7%. Should I be concerned.

Answered by Dr. Sandip Kabra (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Eosinophils 7% could be allergic or parasitic infection but needs to evaluated.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to health care magic,

Raised eosinophil count (7%) is usually indicative of allergy like excessive sneezing or cough or even some skin allergy.

Apart from allergy,some parasitic infestations can also lead to raised eosinophil count but needs to be evaluated further by complete medical history and relevant investigations.

Here,in case of your child,i would not think about this possibility of streptococcal infection which was about 5 months ago and for which he must be given full course of treatment and get cured most probably.

Also,you mentioned about strep throat infection again when he went to school and took antibiotics.

So,i want to know whether he is still on antibiotics or the course is completed.

It would also be helpful for me if you could provide me his blood reports and kindly let me know if he is having any other symptoms like fever,sore throat,cough apart from bodyache.

Kindly get back to me with some more information.

Regards,

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