Summary
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Do you actually answer readers' questions, or do you have writers come up with the questions? I have written to you many times about an illness called relapsing polychondritis, which most people and many doctors have never heard of. My late wife was a victim of it. I also wrote asking if carbonation is bad for the kidneys. I would appreciate answers. - R.L.
ANSWER: The answers are to readers' questions. I just proved it to you - I am answering yours.See the full content of this document
Extract
Hot Ears Can Indicate Cartilage Inflammation
Relapsing polychondritis is not terribly common, but it's not terribly rare either. It usually begins in a person's 40s or 50s. You might recognize the "chond" in it as signifying "cartilage." It is recurring attacks of cartilage in...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
