The following is a summary of “Shared genetic investigation of asthma and blood eosinophils in relation to chronic rhinosinusitis,” published in the March 2025 issue of Allergy, Asthma & Clinical ...

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You may have results in 1-2 days, but it can take longer. Blood smear: Like the CBC, a blood smear gives a blood cell count. It also shows the shape of your blood cells. This helps your doctor ...

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic esophageal inflammatory disease of undetermined pathophysiology that results in dense mucosal eosinophilia and esophageal dysfunction. In childhood ...

Raging PFA chiefs in Denmark have come out swinging in defence of Kasper Schmeichel after he was mercilessly taunted with weight jibes by a leading editorial – before comparing the goalie to a ...

We evaluated if elevated blood eosinophil counts (above the laboratory upper limit of normal) modified the effect of ICS on exacerbations. Results 19 324 patients were included for analysis and 10 109 ...

In addition, intracellular granule proteins (eosinophil cationic protein and eosinophil-derived neurotoxin) and intracellular nitric oxide production inactivate and/or degrade RNA viruses.

On its own, bacteremia is not dangerous as it is limited to the blood. It is only when the infection becomes systemic and starts to involve organs that it is referred to as septicemia. Sepsis occurs ...

Spherocytosis, otherwise known as hereditary spherocytosis, is an inherited blood disorder that causes red blood cells to become sphere-shaped (spherocytes) rather than their normal disk shape.