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Funny you mention that because yesterday I read that there are people who actually need to take aspirin. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/
by stevenwoo 8y ago
Funny you mention that because yesterday I read that there are people who actually need to take aspirin.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/her-doctor-said-she-had-the-flu-it-took-years-to-find-the-real-and-strange-illness/2018/06/22/6d30a504-5862-11e8-858f-12becb4d6067_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/her-d...
Long story, short - sensitivity to aspirin is problem that can be treated with exposure to aspirin in controlled setting to reduce extreme respiratory/allergy symptoms and continued daily aspirin afterwards for maintenance.
- stephengillie 8y agoIn the article, the woman is found to be allergic to NSAIDs. Meanwhile, others are prescribed Aspirin as a blood-thinner, to prevent recurrence of stroke.[0] [0] https://www.healthline.com/health-news/aspirin-heart-attack-stroke-050614 https://www.healthline.com/health-news/aspirin-heart-attack-...
- stevenwoo 8y agoYes but the treatment involved getting aspirin under a doctor's supervision to eliminate the sensitivity, unless I misremembered that. Prior to that she get sicker and sicker until she got pneumonia, and then a doctor who happened to be familiar with the aspirin syndrome from recent work elsewhere, suggested that as a diagnosis. Under the aspirin as therapeutic her life significantly improved.