Eastpointe, MI
A member asked about a 41-year-old male:
My ex-husband is a heroin addict. he has pretty severe pitting edema in his legs and i'm wondering if that can be from the heroin use...
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
A Verified Doctoranswered
Endocrinology 53 years experience
Heroin addict: If you are not connecting with him there is little you can do. If you think he will listen to you and go to see a doctor please try and take him to a doctor.
Heroin addiction is regrettably common but really needs attention.
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Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
Very likely: This may be heroin user's glomerulonephritis (a vicious kidney disease), bacterial endocarditis causing heart failure, or any of a variety of other illnesses. It's his business whether he goes to get seen. You have my sympathy. Best wishes.
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Last updated May 6, 2017
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