Alarmingly High Incidence of Eosinophilia in Barabanki and Neighboring Districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh: A Prospective Hospital-Based Study.
Eosinophilia is very common among rural poulation in Barabanki and neighbouring districts with no access to hygienic mode of stool disposition. Significant proportions of these children are suffering from anemia, undernutrition, anorexia, pain abdomen, cough and hence long term morbidity. This adds to the DALY of a developing country like India. All these chronic problems are preventable and treatable with simple corrective steps of which the most important ones are access to safe drinking water and toilet. The present study was conducted to study clinical and laboratory profile of patients with eosinophilia and to identify possible causes.
Department of Pediatrics, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India nehaimsbhu@gmail.com.
Neha
N
Thakur
Department of Pediatrics, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Narendra
N
Rai
D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012424:Rural Population; D017678:Sex Distribution
anemia; eosinophilia-; rural-