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What causes swollen ankles or redness around the lower legs?
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Venous stasis : Venous stasis associated with edema is very common, especially once many reach late middle-age. The veins and their valves allow blood to pool in the lower extremities, often creating the swelling and skin color changes.
Answered 12/27/2019
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Several things: Could be from too much salt intake. Could be from improper working valves in the veins that allow fluic to leak backwards into the legs.
Answered 9/28/2019
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