Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease – at Brigham and Women's ...

Depression symptoms and quality of life among individuals with Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease
This study, directed by Dr. Elina Jerschow’s group in New York, was the first to examine levels of depression and disease- and asthma-related quality of life among patients with AERD. They found that although ratings of asthma severity were more severe...

Eosinophilia-Associated Coronary Artery Vasospasm in Patients with Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease
Some patients with AERD and increased eosinophil cells in their blood have reported angina-like chest pain that occurs at rest, responds to systemic corticosteroid/prednisone therapy, and is presumed to be eosinophilia-associated coronary artery vasospasm...

Alcohol-induced respiratory symptoms improve after aspirin desensitization in patients with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease
This study, directed by Dr. John Bosso and the research team at the University of Pennsylvania, suggests that aspirin desensitization and treatment with high-dose daily aspirin may help alleviate the alcohol-induced symptoms that patients with AERD experience...

Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease: not always “adult-onset”.
The AERD Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA collected a detailed clinical history from 227 patient with AERD within their AERD Patient Registry. Although AERD is generally considered to be a disease that begins only in adults, 3.5%...