simple pulmonary eosinophilia, loeffler's syndrome…

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lungs, respiratory system, pulmonary infiltrates, eosinophilia, eosinophilic pneumonia, loeffler's syndrome, simple pulmonary eosinophilia is inflammation, the lungs associated, an increase in eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, most cases of simple pulmonary eosinophilia are, due to an allergic reaction of some sort, a drug, sulfonamide, or parasitic infection, caused by the worm ascaris lumbricoides, other parasites may also cause the syndrome, general ill feeling, malaise, fever, dry cough, chest pain, shortness of breath, wheezing, rapid respiratory rate, rash, symptoms range from none at all to severe, go away, listening, chest, a stethoscope, reveal rales(crackle-like sounds that suggest inflammation, the lung tissue, a bronchoscopy, washing, a large number of eosinophils, sputum, bronchoscopically obtained washing, gastric lavage, reveal larvae, the ascaris worm, a cbc, wbc count shows increased white blood cells, particularly eosinophils, chest x-ray, reveals abnormal shadows, infiltrates, disappear, reappear in different areas, the lung, a cause is found, therapy consists of removing the offending drug, treating the infection, antibiotic, antiparasitic medication, disease often resolves, treatment is needed, response, relapses, a rare complication of simple pulmonary eosinophilia is severe pneumonia, have symptoms that linked, rare disorder, cause cannot be found, minimizing exposure to possible risk factors, certain medicines, metals, reduce risk, murray jf, nadel ja, eosinophilic lung diseases, textbook of respiratory medicine, 3rd ed, w, b, saunders company, 1761-1771.