What illness links these symptoms together?

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A 30-year-old female presents with violaceous nodules and a purpuric rash on her legs. She has a ten-year history of asthma which has recently worsened, a constant runny nose, and is currently taking aspirin for a tennis elbow. A chest X-ray reveals pulmonary infiltrates. What illness links these symptoms together?

A. Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease
B. Henoch-Schonlein purpura
C. Churg-Strauss syndrome
D. Wegener granulomatosis

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D due to COPD. Respiratory illness links together gastrointestinal dz and chronic pulmonary inflammation. Try Vanco 🙂