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Help plz! can protecting yourself from infection lower your immune system?
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Not likely: Things that can "lower" your immune system include various medications (steroids, chemotherapy for cancer) and diagnoses like cancer, diabetes, immune deficiency, HIV infection as well as chronic stress, poor hygiene, etc.
Answered 3/14/2015
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