Patient's question:
These days, I've been feeling constantly fatigued, weak all over, with headaches and chest pain. The symptoms are similar to a fever, and sometimes I cough, but with little phlegm. Occasionally, the phlegm contains streaks of blood. After a thorough examination, it was diagnosed as childhood tropical pulmonary eosinophilia. In severe cases, asthma may reappear, and breathing difficulties may occur.What assistance is needed: After learning about the symptoms of childhood tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, what are the potential risks? What tests should be conducted?
Doctor's answer:
Pulmonary eosinophilia has multiple etiologies and is closely related to allergies. Parasitic infections can lead to simple pulmonary eosinophilia, such as transient eosinophilia caused by the migration and development stages of larvae like Ascaris lumbricoides and hookworms in the human body. There is also persistent eosinophilia caused by the long-term migration of animal parasitic larvae in the human body, leading to visceral larva migrans. Examples of such parasites include Ancylostoma duodenale, Paragonimus species, Ascaris suum, and Toxocara canis.