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Is a common cold or the flu likely to reduce affect immune system sufficiently to allow the recurrence of a head/neck cancer?
5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
No: Having a cold does not reduce the immune system. In fact, the whole problem with the common cold is that it is a disease in which the immune system over-enthusiastically attacks a mild virus, causing all of the miserable symptoms we know and love. If anything having a cold is a sign of a robust immune system and shouldn't have any implications with head or neck cancer.
Answered 9/28/2016
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No: No prrof over time to show any relationship of htis.
Answered 12/28/2014
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No: The immune system is more likely to be affected by chemotherapy than by a cold or the flu.
Answered 7/20/2012
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