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My ankle is swollen to the size of a golf ball i did not injure it why could this be? have been walking in steele toes for work for more then a week
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A Small ankle.: I hope you mean that you have a swelling on the ankle, the size of a golf ball. That being the case, it would help to know just where on the ankle the swelling is. Is it painful or firm.
Answered 9/10/2015
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