Anatom3DEosinophils & basophils
Granulocyti eosinophili et basophili · Eozinofily a bazofily
Lymphatic & immune
Looks like
White cells with a two-lobed nucleus and granules that stain red (eosinophils) or dark blue (basophils); both are few in number.
What it does
Fight parasites and release chemicals in allergic reactions.
Keeping it well
High eosinophils are seen in asthma, allergies and worm infections. A persistently high count needs investigation.
Related conditions
- Acute leukaemia (AML & ALL)
- African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
- Aplastic anaemia & marrow failure
- Chronic leukaemia (CML & CLL)
- Clotting disorders (thrombophilia & APS)
- Dehydration & electrolyte disorders
- Delirium
- Dengue & mosquito-borne fevers
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation
- Ebola virus disease
- G6PD deficiency (favism)
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hereditary spherocytosis
- High cholesterol
- Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
- Maternal (puerperal) sepsis
- MRSA and resistant staph infection
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Neonatal sepsis
- Neutropenic sepsis
- Postpartum haemorrhage
- Scrub typhus & rickettsial infections
- Sepsis
- Shock (circulatory failure)
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Typhoid & cholera
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Von Willebrand disease