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Sudden Onset Allergy?

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mrs_overall | 10:22 Sun 26th May 2013 | Body & Soul
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I have taken a 75mg dispersible aspirin daily for about a year with no problems. I ran out of them about 2 weeks ago and kept forgetting to buy more. The other morning I woke at 4.30 am with a headache and came downstairs. I couldn't find any paracetamol so I took 2 x 300mg aspirin and went back to bed. When I got up 2 hours later I looked like the elephant man with a very swollen face. At the time I didn't know what could have caused it.
I bought some 75mg aspirin yesterday and took one at bedtime. Lo and behold this morning I again look like a freak and can can barely open my puffy eyes.
Is it possible to develop such a sudden allergy to aspirin, which has never caused me problems before?
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Yes. Allergies can appear suddenly or get worse with more exposure. People can have a sudden reaction to the same brand of hairdye after years of use
Please don't take any more until you're sure of cause. The next reaction may be worse...
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Thanks pixie. It looks like that avenue of pain relief is now closed
I agree with pixie......unusual......but it certainly would appear that you may have developed a hypersensitivity to aspirin.

See........I keep telling you to use ibuprofen.....;-)
You may need to avoid ibuprofen too. May be worth ringing out-of-hours doctor for advice on painkillers and whether you should take some antihistamine too.
Take care x
Sorry. Didn't see your reply sqad
pixie......why?
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Sqad, I cannot take NSAID's (including ibuprofen)
Aaaaaagh!....I had forgotten..........;-(
Sqad, I thought some similarity in the way aspirin and ibuprofen worked. I gather you're a doctor, so I bow to your superior knowledge!:-D
aspirin is an NSAID. The other thing is different manufacturers use different ingredients to make the actual "pill" perhaps you are allergic to something else in the aspirin - especially if it was a different make
pixie

\\\\\ bow to your superior knowledge!:-D \\\
Don't bother......nobody else does..;-)

Both aspirin and ibuprofen are Nsaids but hypersensitivity to one does not necessarily mean hypersensitivity to the other........your post gave excellent advice.
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bednobs, I always buy Boots own brand.
No matter, I shan't take aspirin again.
lol!
Thank you sqad :-D

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