Eosinophilic asthma (also known as e-asthma or eos asthma) is a severe form of asthma that causes high levels of eosinophils in the lung tissue, blood, and mucus. Eosinophils are a type of immune ...

Of four treatment response measures recorded at 6 months of mepolizumab treatment, an Asthma Control Questionnaire score was ...

Blood tests for cyclic adenosine monophosphate ... there were no significant differences in cAMP levels between patients with eosinophilic asthma, defined as 300 cells/µL or higher, or ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic (long-term) condition affecting the esophagus, the tube that carries food and liquids from the mouth to the stomach. EoE ...

“Because eosinophils have a relatively high iron content, we wondered if we could combat asthma by selectively inducing eosinophil ferroptosis,” says Li. To test that idea, Li’s team ...

Head of “Living With”, Mariel Metcalfe, discusses the nature of severe asthma and severe eosinophilic asthma, and presents some key findings from recent patient research conducted in Europe ...

Interestingly, around 50% of patients with asthma also have a high number of circulating eosinophils. Patients with eosinophilic asthma tend to have more severe disease, and more frequent asthma ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a nasal swab test for ... treat T2-high asthma, with medications selected according to T2 biomarkers, such as blood eosinophils and ...

Targeted biologic drugs have revolutionized the treatment of severe asthma driven by eosinophils, which are white blood cells linked to ILC2s, researchers noted in a recent study in the journal ...

The IL-5 inhibitor is already available under the Fasenra brand name for maintenance use in severe eosinophilic asthma, but a new study conducted by researchers at King's College London (KCL ...

Are you stuck in a cycle of asthma attacks? You may have eosinophilic asthma. Find out what it is and what you can do to break the cycle.