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What Causes Recurrent Swelling In The Legs?

my brother is 59 and always been an active deseil mechanic never over weight, does smoke, drinks some and did have a past history of meth. addiction when he was younger. The last 5 years have been hard for him with the loss of a son a brother and a sister in a short amount of time. He is currently having major problems with his legs they are majorly swollen and now they are starting to turn brown or black around his ankles. He has always work his tight wranglers and western boots that have what they call riding heels on them, I did get him to wear some of those diabetic socks and it helped some for a while but its getting worse and he is the type that will never go to the Dr. is there anything you can tell me that might help me find someway to help, he has no choice but to work very hard everyday. oh and his stomach has started to look swollen alot but he doesnt over eat or lay around, can you help?
Mon, 31 Dec 2018
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