I'm a clinical laboratory science major and we did blood smears today and looked at them under a microscope of our own blood samples that we drew a few days ago during our venipuncture lab. My blood high a high number of eosinophils. I know this is the type of WBC found in response to allergens and things like that. My professor asked me if I had allergies. I said no. Then he said "I would ask another question, but I don't want to embarass you". What would he have asked that correlates to a high eosinophil count that would have embarassed me?
2007-11-13 16:50:59 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
My blood HAD, not "my blood high". Ugh..I need sleep.
2007-11-13 16:51:41 · update #1
Ok..so would I have gotten a parasitic infection? You mean like WORMS or something?
2007-11-14 09:03:23 · update #2
Parasitic infections... or an improperly made slide....
2007-11-14 06:41:41 · answer #1 · answered by KaseyT33 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allergies and certain parasitic infections are the first two things that come to mind. He could be thinking of liver cirrhosis. A lung disease like Loeffler's syndrome is a possibility, as well as certain tumors, like lymphoma.
2007-11-14 01:03:51 · answer #2 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can also indicate a parasitic infection.....intestines (pinworms) or STD (trichomonas) perhaps....
2007-11-14 03:31:53 · answer #3 · answered by michelle 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋