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Chronic infection
Chronic infection is a persistent low-level infection that never completely resolves. Chronic infections can occasionally relapse into more serious acute infections.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 50-year old asked:
Can you tell me why I have my chronic infection?
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A 44-year old asked:
Help! what could be causing my chronic infection?
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A 47-year old asked:
What is considered chronic infection and how is it diagnosed?
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A 35-year old asked:
Could you tell me if gallium scans detect chronic infections?
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A 48-year old asked:
My ferritin shows chronic infection, but where?
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A 33-year old asked:
Which immunoglobulins will increase in chronic infection?
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A 34-year old asked:
How would you know between a recent versus a chronic infection with a pathogen?
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A 45-year old asked:
How would you distinguish between a new versus a chronic infection in your vagina?
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A 40-year old male asked:
What is polyclonal increase in gamma globulin-consistent with chronic infection/inflammation.?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Can chronic infection cause lower platelet counts? And once treated, could that cause platelets to return to a more normal range?
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A 32-year old female asked about a 32-year old male:
What does this mean in terms of proximal second phalanx Differential diagnostic considerations favor chronic infection or neoplastic process.
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A 35-year old asked:
High WBC count, chronic infections, and pnuemonias. What's wrong with me?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I'm having what I believe is improper digestion from illicit drug use. Amongst chronic infection..etc..etc. Is my digestion capable of shutting down ?
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A 48-year old male asked:
When "experts" on the internet say you have to retest for hep b again after 6 month. Is that for people who test positive at week 12, and for ruling out a chronic infection after 6 month?
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A 42-year old asked:
What are possible complications of a chronic infection in the sinus because of a perforation from a root canal?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Immunoglobulin G is high but A and M are within normal range and google says chronic infection like HIV what else could this mean. ?
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A 26-year old male asked:
The dose for Ciprodex ear drops is normally for 7 days. How long after the first completion (after 7 days) can it be used again? Can it be used for longer than 7 days for chronic infections?
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A 45-year old male asked:
Can severe deviated septum with bone spur projecting bet left middle and inf turb to contact the lateral wall cause chronic infections? sinus are ok.
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A 20-year old male asked:
Chronic infection or uveruse? Got sinus infect 6 week ago, started using OTC decongestant sprays. Congestion and infection symptoms keep getting worse
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A 26-year old female asked:
What do I do about improper digestion, swelling of limbs, and chronic infections due to illicit drugs???
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A 38-year old female asked:
I ve bronciectasis, does that mean i ve chronic infection in lungs? And am i contageous to others, ie while kissing, sharing water cup, thanks
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A member asked:
Should ankle plates and screws be removed in younger patients even if they cause no problems due to a risk for later fractures or chronic infections?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I had sex today after almost 4 of not be active. There was a lot of fart like sound and the left side of my abdomen was painful when he was inside me. Is this normal? I have had 3/4 laparoscopic procedures because I have recurrent chronic infections
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A 43-year old asked:
What is the effect of taking the hep b vaccine if you already have the chronic infection?
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A 23-year old male asked about a 23-year old female:
My girlfriend has too high allergy values in her blood test, can this thing related to a chronic infection or autoimmune disease like ms?
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A 34-year old female asked:
What is the treatment for lyme disease and how long is the full treatment for a chronic infection ? Can it be transmitted through sexual intercourse ?
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A 43-year old male asked:
Why do I have livedo reticularis on bottom of hands and feet, but nowhere else on body? Is this seen in vasculitis? Chronic infections?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Can chronic infections cause thymus pain? I previously had chronic tonsillitis and now have chronic sinusitis both accompanied by chest pain.
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A 34-year old female asked:
Can a person with positive Hep b Surface Antibody test still have an ongoing infection (chronic or acute)? I only received the vaccine as an adult and had a Surface Antibody test show as "immune". Is this sufficient to rule out chronic infection?
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A 19-year old male asked:
I have lymph nodes in my neck for more than month Ent doc said they are because chronic infection What's that mean and why he didn't give me any drugs?
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