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My wife is a diabetic got red burning spots on her legs should we be worried or is this something else?
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Needs urgent eval: Red burning spots on the legs in a person with diabetes, can be either cellulitis (skin infection), fungal infection, neuropathy ( nerve involvement). Would recommend getting looked at by a physician soon as it can get bad quickly.
Answered 11/26/2020
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