Isn't there a medicine for this?

[utkmybrthawy]

Hi, California here. I had my annual check up; all well except eosiniphils through the roof during the lab analysis. The PA said "Yeah, that's what happens when you're highly allergic... mine would probably look like that too, and I'm half your age. It's an allergy-thing." Then he explained that eosiniphils are a type of white blood cell specific to certain perceived pathogens, and that they are the cause of most of our symptoms.

So why not supress them? In the same way we supress histamines? I didn't think of it til' I had left the clinic.

[Poobah]

The standard treatment is with steroids, usually inhaled steroids taken as a preventer on a daily set dose, adjusted until control is achieved. These days, the steroid inhaler has a long acting bronchodilator medication added which is designed to work for up to 12 hours. For flare ups, oral steroid tablets are prescribed in a short burst of at least 5 days.

If control is not achieved with standard treatment and the patient experiences severe symptoms, the physician can prescribe biologics, a type of treatment that suppresses the immune system's response.

Avoiding known triggers is the natural way to avoid over production of eosinophils but, as far as I know, there's no way to stop over production of eosinophils in the first place in the treatment of eosinophilic asthma. So main treatment is the suppression of eosinophils once they're produced.

Studies have shown that low Vitamin D counts are associated with high eosinophil counts. Vitamin D is processed by the body into a hormone and sufficient levels are anti-inflammatory. However, all one can do is ensure one's VitD levels are good all year around, BUT that's no guarantee that this will resolve anyone's overall over production of eosinophils, but VitD is essential for a good immune system. We obtain VitD through diet and exposure to sunshine. It's unlikely that anyone living in the northern hemisphere has sufficient sunshine exposure all year round.

Being a healthy weight also helps in the control of eosinophil control. Research has linked obesity to high eosinophil, IgE and other factors.

[Sparkimoore]

Hi!

I have Eucinophillic asthma too & mine were thru the roof also. I’m on the biological medication MEPOLIZUMAB which has quite literally saved my life. I’m actually on a triple dose of it every 28days. You might be denied this drug til it’s proven that other drugs don’t work as it’s very expensive.. Ask your dr to also consider the very rare Churg STRAUSS Vasculitis ( EPGA) cos Eucinophillic asthma can be an initial symptom..

I have it..

Good luck!

Rose