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My boyfriend keeps getting multiple abscesses on back on his neck, they are very painful . what could it be? they just keep coming, been doctors.

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Dr. Ivan Ip answered

Recurrent infections: If your boyfriend really has been getting recurrent infections, i'd be certain to make sure he doesn't have any immunocompromise. A weakened immune system, whether it from hereditary or acquired, typically presents with recurrent infections. If he has done so yet, he should get checked for his immune system.

Answered 10/8/2013

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