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What Causes Swelling And Tightness In Legs In A Diabetic Patient?

my mother has been in hospital now for 5 days , she has swelling of the legs and they are red and really tight , they have gotten so tight that she screams when the doctor try to touch them to examine them , the doctor has ruled out cellulitis because they have adminstered the strong anti botic that the hospital carries , per the doctor. They have ran CT scans and have did ultra sounds and nothing has show up . My mother is a diabetic , she is taking the pills, but bein in the hospital the doctor has adminstered insulin. It seems like she has come to the hospital to get no answers. Please help me !!!!
Wed, 10 Aug 2016
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Nephrologist 's  Response
Hi common reasons for painful leg swelling are cellulitis and deep vein thrombosis of leg veins. Ruling out cellulitis based on antibiotic response is not proper thing. organism that causing cellulitis could be resistant to antibiotic that was prescribed. Rule out any trauma to leg and better to perform Doppler of lower limb vessels along with high resolution ultrasound of legs may give u clue. All the best.
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What Causes Swelling And Tightness In Legs In A Diabetic Patient?

Hi common reasons for painful leg swelling are cellulitis and deep vein thrombosis of leg veins. Ruling out cellulitis based on antibiotic response is not proper thing. organism that causing cellulitis could be resistant to antibiotic that was prescribed. Rule out any trauma to leg and better to perform Doppler of lower limb vessels along with high resolution ultrasound of legs may give u clue. All the best.