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A member asked:

I had an armpit cyst drained today. could that be a symptom of my ms as well? never had one that was infected before.

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Dr. Kristin Sokol answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

No: Abscesses usually have no correlation with MS

Dr Pizzo and another doctor agreed

Answered 8/25/2016

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