What in the dickens is "palindromic arthritis"? Sounds like it should be the same forwards as backwards. I searched for palindromes with "hurt", "pain", "ow", "ouch", and so forth and didn't find anything appropriate. Oh, well.
Actually, palindromic arthritis is periodic or recurring arthritis symptoms. It's not a real disease, just a description of the symptoms. It is sometimes the earliest sign of rheumatoid arthritis. Or it can be the early sign of Whipple's disease.
No, Whipple's disease doesn't strike suddenly in the paper goods aisle at the grocery store. :-)
Palindromic arthritis can also be associated with Chrone's disease, Celiac's disease, and irritable bowel syndrome.
So why isn't my gastroenterologist more up to date with it?
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A man, a plan, a canal. Panama!
Heck, my fingers started getting stiff in the past few months. I probably should blame Lack Of Bowling as the cause, but that's too obvious, n'est pas?
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