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How frequent are severe infections casused by BBL?

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tefy12Sep 18, 2016

In octubre i going to have a bbl procedure . The last year I had a kidney infection , but was solved quickly and well. Now I took all my urine tests , lab work and EKG and everything is ok according to my familiar doctor and my surgeon . But I'm afraid that I could develop a stronge infection :(. I have herpes simplex as well ,but I haven't had any active lesion for a long time .

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