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What Causes Swelling And Redness In Leg After Radiation Therapy?
I have a friend thst had radiation therepy for breast cancer. Now several months later her whole body is swollen and red especially her legs. She was told by her doctor she was burned by the radiation and that it eoulf ho away, i have never heard of this
Tue, 19 Jan 2016
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the symptoms of redness and swelling may be due to an allergic reaction to sometging
or this swelling which is die to oedema or collection of fluid can be secondary to her condition of breast cancer.though her doctor tood her it is completely burn but still it reactivates in many cases
ask her to get hersekf completly checked asap
i hope its just an allergic reaction
You can get back to me with another query
thank u
regards Dr Faeza Sherdil
hope it will help
the symptoms of redness and swelling may be due to an allergic reaction to sometging
or this swelling which is die to oedema or collection of fluid can be secondary to her condition of breast cancer.though her doctor tood her it is completely burn but still it reactivates in many cases
ask her to get hersekf completly checked asap
i hope its just an allergic reaction
You can get back to me with another query
thank u
regards Dr Faeza Sherdil
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