Dr. Paul Waytz

Yeah. Well, maybe we should do a show about inflammation. There's many kinds of inflammation. It's expanding. Yeah, the inflammation of gout looks different than the inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis. The other interesting thing along those lines is I saw a number of patients, let's say a half a dozen, so that's, I don't know, it's a number or not a number, who are identical twins.

Yeah. Well, maybe we should do a show about inflammation. There's many kinds of inflammation. It's expanding. Yeah, the inflammation of gout looks different than the inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis. The other interesting thing along those lines is I saw a number of patients, let's say a half a dozen, so that's, I don't know, it's a number or not a number, who are identical twins.

And one twin had a rheumatoid arthritis or something, another didn't. And what's that all about? They ate the same food. They had the same cousins. So the takeaway here as we wind up is that there's a lot of arthritis out there.

And one twin had a rheumatoid arthritis or something, another didn't. And what's that all about? They ate the same food. They had the same cousins. So the takeaway here as we wind up is that there's a lot of arthritis out there.

The second thing is if you have persistent problems, if you're having certain, you know, that are going on and something doesn't seem right, you should have that evaluated. And I would go to your primary care doc to start that. I mean, primary care docs are great people and they know what's going on. And you can say, well, I think this is osteoarthritis. I think this is rheumatoid.

The second thing is if you have persistent problems, if you're having certain, you know, that are going on and something doesn't seem right, you should have that evaluated. And I would go to your primary care doc to start that. I mean, primary care docs are great people and they know what's going on. And you can say, well, I think this is osteoarthritis. I think this is rheumatoid.

I think this is something a little more complicated. And then go see more a specialist after that. And that we do have these windows of opportunity that if you can get in and treat sooner rather than later, you can prevent a lot of problems down the line. Now that's not to say that you can cure, we don't talk about curing arthritis here.

I think this is something a little more complicated. And then go see more a specialist after that. And that we do have these windows of opportunity that if you can get in and treat sooner rather than later, you can prevent a lot of problems down the line. Now that's not to say that you can cure, we don't talk about curing arthritis here.

Although I'd like to think we could cure gout just by taking a pill every day or something like that. But I think early diagnosis and when necessary, early treatment or changes in lifestyle, I think can go a long way in helping people.

Although I'd like to think we could cure gout just by taking a pill every day or something like that. But I think early diagnosis and when necessary, early treatment or changes in lifestyle, I think can go a long way in helping people.

Okay. That's great.

Okay. That's great.

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There's a lot of jokes. Those are good jokes.

It's been a pleasure. Thanks for having me.

It's been a pleasure. Thanks for having me.