I am posting in the hope that someone may offer me some advice.

I have had aspirin triad for 20 years, I first noticed an aspirin allergy around the age of 17, I was experiencing angiodema at the time and it took some time before I came to realise that it the angiodema was caused by aspirin.

It is important for me to mention to you that the angiodema did not occur immediately after taking the aspirin but over the course of 12-24 hours.

The angiodema then took around 48 hours to disappear. It usually occured in the thumb, spreading to the hands and then up the arm to the elbow area before it began to reduce. However , the swellings would also occur in the side of my hip, back of the legs, tongue, lips. I am assuming that it could flare up anywhere really.

Years later around the age of 27 I discovered I had a really bad reaction to NSAIDS I took a Nurofen pill for a headache and my nasal pssages swelled aggressively. Around this time I also developed bronchitis and have suffered with asthma ever since. It was also around this time that I began to lose my sense of smell.

Now at the age of 37, I have huge nasal polyps which have been confirmed by scan. I have absolutely no sense of smell or taste, except on rare occasions where it suddenly comes back for a few days with no explanation or obvious cause. I have allergy to aspirin and NSAIDS and I am not to keen on taking paracetamol either as they seem to irritate my airways. I have continual asthma.

The nasal polyps are keeping me awake at night as I cannot breathe

My question is, do you think I would be a suitable candidate for aspirin desensitization?

I am concerned because of the angiodema symptoms, I feel a great anxiety towards taking an aspirin which may potentially kill me. However, I really want the nasal polyps to disappear I want to be able to smell and taste again.

Many Thanks

Deb