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If you have a yeast infection and allow it to go untreated for a long period of time, will it cause damage?
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Yeast infection: Normally, no, unless you are immunocompromised (lack of immunity), in which case the yeast infection becomes generalized and life threatening.
Answered 9/28/2016
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