Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia; Loeffler syndrome
Treatment
If you are allergic to a drug, the doctor may tell you to stop taking it. (Never stop taking a medication without first talking with your doctor.)
If the condition is due to an infection, you may be treated with an antibiotic or anti-parasitic medication.
Sometimes, you may need corticosteroids (powerful anti-inflammatory medicines).
Expectations (prognosis)
The disease often goes away without treatment. If treatment is needed, the response is usually good. However, relapses can occur (the disease comes back).
Complications
A rare complication of simple pulmonary eosinophilia is a severe type of
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Review Date: 06/02/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Denis Hadjuliadis, MD, Assistant Professor
of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care,
Uniersity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Also reviewed by David
Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
