Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can. In most cases this is caused by infection or venous issues and less common heart dysfunction unless this is bilateral. . This may be a beginning of leg cellulitis which is inflammation of subcutaneous tissues and may develop into diabetic foot or even diabetic gangrene so any swelling, redness or pain in legs in someone who has diabetes should be evaluated by medical professionals since antibiotics may have to be started as soon as possible to prevent spreading of infection. He should do at least basic blood tests and blood sugar to see if there is significant infection or not. Other causes include deep vein thrombosis or lymph edema and these should be checked with an ultrasound exam. I hope I have answered you query. If you have any further questions you can contact us in every time.