Follow-Up:
I HAD ABOUT A 5 YEAR PERIOD IN THE 1990'S WHERE I EXPERIENCED SIMILAR SYMPTOMS. I WAS SEEN AND TREATED MANY TIMES IN THE ER, ADMITTED SEVERAL TIMES TO ICU WITH MY THROAT SWELLING SHUT AND TREATED ON AN ONGOING BASIS BY MY FAMILY PHYSICIAN AND ALLERGIES SPECIALISTS WITH ALL THE RELATED TESTING. MANY TIMES I WOULD FEEL LIKE MY INTERNAL ORAGANS WERE SWELLING, SOMETIMES IT WAS MY FACE, THE MOST SERIOUS THAT GOT "THEIR" ATTENTION WAS WHEN THE THROAT WOULD SWELL. I WAS TREATED WITH STERIODS, ANTIDEPRESSENTS, AND ANTIHISTIMINES. I TRIED READING EVERYTHING I COULD GET MY HANDS ON FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND RELATED SYMPTONS. MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WOULD SEND ME ARTICLES AND CLIPPINGS WITH INFO THAT RELATED TO MY SYMPTOMS. MY DOCTOR HAD TOLD ME THAT I MIGHT FIGURE OUT THE TRIGGER BEFORE OTHERS AND AFTER ABOUT 5 YEARS OF RE-INTRODUCING FOODS AND ITEMS OF DAILY LIVING BACK INTO MY ROUTINE, I NOTICED THAT ASPARTANE. . .NUTRASWEET WAS THE ITEM IN ALMOST ALL OF THE FOOD PRODUCTS AND BEVERAGES THAT I CONSUMED. ONCE I ELIMINATED IT FROM INGESTION, I HAVE NOT HAD A SINGLE EPISODE. COINCIDENCE??? OR NOT . . .???? I HAVE BEEN FREE OF EPISODES FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS NOW. GOOD LUCK TO OTHERS!