A Gut-Wrenching Case of Hypereosinophilia

Abstract

A 5-year-old male child of Afro-Puerto Rican ethnicity presents with a history of vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea requiring recurring admissions to the hospital over a span of 3 months. Abdominal pain was periumbilical and exacerbated by food intake. He was initially treated by primary care physician with ranitidine and ondansetron, but symptoms were progressively getting worse. He has been afebrile throughout, and no new medications or exposures were associated with the onset of his symptoms.