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Sudden Weight Gain & Swollen Legs In 89 Year Old Woman

89 year old mother has gain 14 pounds in 2 weeks, recovering from stroke, in a wheelchair, overweight, inactive--everything okay aside from this

posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2010

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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 Answered on

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Keep me posted

Anonymous's Response

in a wheel chair and no actiivity it is dangerous to have 14 pounds increase in 2 weeks

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