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Diabetes can overweight people get a prosthetic limb?
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Yes: Poor blood flow can cause severe damage to a limb, typically the leg/foot/ankle and in some causes result in a chronic and severe infection leading to the need for amputation and a prosthetic limb.
Answered 12/23/2015
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