Pediatria de Atencion Primaria
Volume 19, Issue 74, 2017, Pages e79-e81

Eosinophilia in immigrant children, a case report [Eosinofilia en el niño inmigrante, a propósito de un caso] (Note)

Barberá Pérez P.M. , Javierre Miranda E. , Collado Hernández M.P. , Amiguet Biain M.R. , Seral García C. , García Sánchez N.
  • a Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
  • b CS Delicias Sur, Zaragoza, Spain
  • c Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
  • d Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
  • e Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
  • f CS Delicias Sur, Zaragoza, Spain

Abstract

Assistance to immigrant children arriving for the first time in Spain continues to be a daily practice in Pediatrics. In nearly all Health Care Centers there are protocols that contemplate the initial care of these patients upon arrival. Anamnesis, a complet examination and the request for specific complementary tests are basic for the initial care of these children. Although most of these children are asymptomatic, the application of these protocols may reveal diseases such as malnutrition, parasitosis or anemias of different etiologies, which could otherwise go unnoticed. We present a case of an asymptomatic ten-year-old boy from Equatorial Guinea, who consulted for the first time at the Health Care Center after his arrival in Spain. © 2017, Spanish Association of Primary Care Pediatrics. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

eosinophilia Parasitosis Immigration Helminthiasis

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ISSN: 11397632
Original Language: Spanish