What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.

William Shakespeare used this line in his play Romeo and Juliet to convey the idea that the

naming of things is pretty irrelevant, that a rose is still going to smell like a rose,

regardless of if you call it one.

But when it comes to health care,

naming of diseases has been a bit of an issue.

Some of them have names after people

like Von Hippolyndau,

and you have absolutely no idea what it is.

Other names are named after regions in which the disease occurs

and it can lead to some issues with people having prejudices.

So my favorite kinds of diseases are those that are pretty

easy to understand and the ones in which they're named after a part of the body. Like

Swimmer's ear. You know who gets Swimmer's ear. People who swim, or perhaps things like tennis elbow or

golf elbow.

And that brings us to this week's topic on the podcast.

We're going to be talking about the elbow, a joint in your body that allows you to do a lot of things, and two conditions that come

up so often in clinic, so let's review the presentation and how to manage people who get

golfers elbow and tennis elbow.

I'm Dr. Nit Son Paul your friendly

neighbor internist and gas tarantroologist and no I don't play golf for tennis but

I see plenty of patients who do. Now the first thing to keep in mind when it comes to these two conditions is that they're actually known as something else

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