Your Pregnancy

10 WARNING SIGNS OF PLDD

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1 Eight or more ear infections in a year.

2 Two or more serious sinus infections within a year. 3 Two or more months on antibiotic­s with Iittle effect.

4 Two or more pneumonia bouts within a year. 5 Failure to gain weight or grow normally.

6 Recurrent, deep skin or organ abscesses.

7 Persistent thrush in mouth or elsewhere on skin after age 1.

8 Need for intravenou­s antibiotic­s to clear infections.

9 Two or more deep-seated infections such as sepsis, meningitis or cellulitis.

10 A family history of primary immune deficiency.

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