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A member asked:

Beginning of sickness i was drinking. so i got real sick and oral thrush came. i've never had thrush before. does this mean i have hiv or cancer?

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No: Without knowing your risk factors difficult to say but differential such as HIV do need to be considered

Dr Tavarez agreed

Answered 9/13/2016

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