dr_kh
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25 yr old woman with H/o sinusitis , nasal polyp ,asthma is broght to emergency because of severe bronchospasm
Given the findings one would suspect that the patient
A) took aspirin for pain
B) Has strong family H/o allergies
C)has Ig A def
D) has situs inversus
Can someone please tell the answer?
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| keepgoing
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aspirin b/c drugs reaction-->severe bronchospasm in a triad with nasal polyp & asthma
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| virgola82
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Aspirin blocks cox pathway leaving all the arachidonic acid available for the lipoxigenase pathway thus increasing LT and predisposing to asthma
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