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Can recurring vaginal yeast infections cause you to develop lupus over years or can the infections be a sign you had lupus all along?
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Probably not: Lupus does reduce resistance to infections, but vaginal infections are usually not related.
Answered 1/5/2019
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No: Yeast infection is not related to the development of autoimmune disease including lupus.
Answered 9/29/2016
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