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My dad had a bad rash and it's swollen. what could it be?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

This will need to be: visualized (at a minimum) to try to diagnose this.

Dr Cattano and 8 doctors agreed

Answered 9/29/2016

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