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Causes of lower extremity swelling in someone who injects dilaudid in her thighs?

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Dr. Edgardo Ordonez answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

See a doctor: This may or may not be related to your injection of medication. Things to consider are a cellulitis (skin infection), blood clot in the deep veins of your leg, or just inflammation/clotting of the superficial veins in your leg. Please have yourself evaluated by a doctor asap.

Answered 4/7/2014

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