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I suffer with bad knees and knee pain and now i have a purple patch on the back of my leg and i get hot spots allover my legs..why and what is it?
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Be seen: Skin changes are usually not associated with problems inside the knee itself, so it is probably unrelated to your " bad knees". There are a number of potential causes. I would not hesitate to be seen to have it diagnosed.
Answered 6/24/2015
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