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Hi my father whose age is 58 years went for a long trip for about a week ,but after coming back there is a swelling in right leg only but normal in left leg ,With redness around that along with pain ,He is a diabetic patient
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Patient needs to be examined.
Control diabetes
He is possibly having some infective process in the leg.
He will possibly need a course of antibiotics.
Kindly don't ignore.
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This can be caused due to elevated sugars or inflammatory conditions like cellulitis kindly get it examined physically
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