While there is no cure, treatments like dietary changes, medications, and medical procedures can reduce inflammation and improve symptoms. The main symptom of eosinophilic esophagitis is ...

Over time, inflammation can damage the airways and lung tissue, worsening asthma symptoms. Researchers don’t know exactly what causes high levels of eosinophils and eosinophilic asthma ...

Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) is the main symptom of eosinophilic esophagitis. An overload of eosinophils in the esophagus causes inflammation, leading the esophagus to swell or narrow.

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic esophageal inflammatory disease of undetermined pathophysiology that results in dense mucosal eosinophilia and esophageal dysfunction. In childhood ...

Eosinophils are pro-inflammatory white blood cells thought to protect against parasitic infections, but in excessive numbers they can cause tissue and organ damage, as observed in eosinophilic ...

A recent trial showed that nicotinamide riboside supplementation might reduce airway inflammation in patients with COPD who smoked previously.

Study uncovers a pathogenic subset of memory T-cells that promote tissue inflammation and highlights a potential target for treating nasal polyps and other inflammatory airway diseases. Study ...