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Could Cigars Cause All Of This?
My husband smokes djarum black (clove cigarettes), he has developed Many WBC. Rare squamous epithelial cells, few Gram positive cocci in pairs and clusters and has developed the second staph aureus (carabuncle), could this be coming from the cigars? 30 male, 5'10 180 lbs
Mon, 1 Sep 2014
Rather doubtful. About 10% of the population (smoker or no) have germs on their skin that can cause carbuncles. Cigarettes don't have much to do with it and they don't lower your immunity for getting carbuncles.
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