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How will having epidural abscess mess up my health later in life?
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Death if not treated: If left untreated, the infection can overwhelm your body and you die. Alternatively, you become paralyzed from the level of the abscess and below; chronic pain; permanent physical and functional deformity.
Answered 3/26/2013
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