Pulmonary eosinophilia

Introduction: Pulmonary eosinophilia

Description of Pulmonary eosinophilia

Pulmonary eosinophilia (medical condition): Infiltration of the lungs by eosinophils (type of white blood cell) which can be caused by asthma or as a reaction to certain drugs or parasitic infections.

See also:

Pneumonia, eosinophilic:
  »Introduction: Pneumonia, eosinophilic
  »Symptoms of Pneumonia, eosinophilic

Pulmonary eosinophilia: A disease characterized by pulmonary infiltrations of eosinophils and blood eosinophilia.
Source: Diseases Database

Pulmonary eosinophilia: A disease characterized by pulmonary infiltrations of eosinophils and blood eosinophilia.
Source: MeSH 2007

Pulmonary eosinophilia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Pulmonary eosinophilia:

• Pulmonary
• Eosinophilia (137 causes)

Pulmonary eosinophilia as a Disease

Pulmonary eosinophilia: Another name for Pneumonia, eosinophilic (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Pneumonia, eosinophilic
  »Symptoms of Pneumonia, eosinophilic

Causes of Pulmonary eosinophilia

Some of the causes of Pulmonary eosinophilia are included in the list below:

• Hydralazine
• Gold salts
• Chlorpropamide
• Toxocariasis
• Echinococcus granulosus

See full list of 14 causes of Pulmonary eosinophilia (Pneumonia, eosinophilic)

Symptoms of Pulmonary eosinophilia (Pneumonia, eosinophilic)

Some of the symptoms of Pulmonary eosinophilia incude:

• Malaise
• Anorexia
• Fever
• Cough
• Chest pain

See full list of 11 symptoms of Pulmonary eosinophilia (Pneumonia, eosinophilic)

Pulmonary eosinophilia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Pulmonary eosinophilia:

• Churg Strauss syndrome
• cough
• fever
• dyspnea
• night sweats
• eczema
• asthma
• histamine

Terms associated with Pulmonary eosinophilia:

Terms Similar to Pulmonary eosinophilia:

• Andrews syndrome

Source: Diseases Database

• Eosinophilia, Pulmonary
• Eosinophilia, Tropical
• Eosinophilic Pneumonia
• Loeffler Syndrome
• Pneumonia, Eosinophilic

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Pulmonary eosinophilia

• Lung Diseases
• Hypereosinophilic Syndrome

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Pulmonary eosinophilia

The following list attempts to classify Pulmonary eosinophilia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Respiratory Tract Diseases
  • Lung Diseases
    • Pulmonary Eosinophilia

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases
  • Hematologic Diseases
    • Leukocyte Disorders
      • Eosinophilia
        • Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
          • Pulmonary Eosinophilia

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Other diseases of lung
• OTHER DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
• DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Pulmonary eosinophilia

• eMedicine - Pulmonary Eosinophilia : Article by Jussi J Saukkonen, MD
• eosinophilic lung disease
• eMedicine - Eosinophilia : Article by Daniel R Lucey, MD, MPH
• eMedicine - Eosinophilic Pneumonia : Article by Ali Jawa, MD, MPH

Source: Diseases Database

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