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Can you get a yest infection after a hysterectomy?
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Yes: A hysterectomy does not protect you against yeast infections. Risk factors are antibiotic use, diabetes, and wearing tight clothes with poor ventilation.
Answered 3/5/2014
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Yes: Do you mean in the immediate post-hysterectomy time frame, or years after having the hysterectomy? In both cases the answer is yes, just not too common to occur right after surgery.
Answered 3/12/2014
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