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I have discolouration in my legs. There’s no pain, but when I touch the skin it leaves yellow fingerprints. Is this cause for concern?

It sounds like you’ve developed oedema and swelling in your legs. Like the veins in your legs, you have special ‘lymph’ channels that contain fluid that circulates through your cells, keeping them clean and removing excess fluid

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