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Pain and inflammation on back of heel and base of achilles tendon. suspect haglung's deformity. ?

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Incomplete history. : You are presenting an area of the body that is very difficult to heal therefore you need a proper diagnosis and therefore the proper treatment the information you gave is very incomplete

Dr Kuitems and 4 doctors agreed

Answered 5/25/2020

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