Does this require an ECG cus i just had a patient with such which i planned ecg for her

Yes you can. Loeffler Endocarditis with marked eosinophilia can occur as a complication. It however resolved with corticosteroid treatment. 

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Löffler's syndrome or Loeffler's syndrome is a disease in which eosinophils accumulate in the lung in response to a parasitic infection. ... If the cause is unknown, it is specified and called "simple pulmonary eosinophilia". Cardiac damage caused by the damaging effects of eosinophil granule proteins.

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Loeffler's syndrome

Löffler syndrome has classically been related to the transit of parasitic organisms through the lungs during their life cycle in the human host. After ingestion of Ascaris lumbricoideseggs, larvae hatch in the intestine and penetrate the mesenteric lymphatics and venules to enter the pulmonary circulation. They lodge in the pulmonary capillaries and continue the cycle by migrating through the alveolar walls. Finally, they move up the bronchial tree and are swallowed, returning to the intestine and maturing into adult forms. This process takes approximately 10-16 days after ingestion of the eggs. Other parasites, such as Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale, and Strongyloides stercoralis, have a similar cycle to Ascaris, with passage of larval forms through the alveolar walls. These parasites are not orally ingested but enter the human host through the skin

Loeffler's syndrome

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