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My feet are swelling and peeling, they are turning sort of blotchy purple. what could this be?
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Many things: It could be many things.....Metabolic, infection, vascular...Etc it definitely needs to be looked at, and evaluated soon....I strongly recommend a visit to you family doc for evaluation sooner rather than later....
Answered 2/15/2013
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