Time to Ditch These Outdated Medical Terms

Plus, tips for summer travel when chronic. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [Health Central | Healthy Self ](=/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGURjoAXWE5nPmR9w8JhLv-5eaQ3NGZBZFZncHPDNnnVKXhOeSdKPyE4DrqMOcq5KnvD6K4hgU=) [Medical Jargon](=/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGURjoAXWE5nPmR9w8JhLv-5eaQ3NGZBZFZncHPDNnnVKXhOeSdKPyE4DrqMOcq5KnvD6K4hgU=) [Dear Coiners of Medical Jargon: We Have Some Suggested Edits](=/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGURjoAXWE5nPmR9w8JhLv-5eaQ3NGZBZFZncHPDNnnVKXhOeSdKPyE4DrqMOcq5KnvD6K4hgU=) Some of the terminology around chronic illness that still circulates in the medical literature—and your doctor’s office—can be downright hurtful, implying that you’re defective or to blame for a treatment not working. Here, RA columnist Lene Andersen offers [kinder alternatives to loaded terms](=/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGURjoAXWE5nPmR9w8JhLv-5eaQ3NGZBZFZncHPDNnnVKXhOeSdKPyE4DrqMOcq5KnvD6K4hgU=) like “deformity,” “failed a drug,” and “end-stage.” [Tackle Travel With Ulcerative Colitis](/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGURjoAXWE5nPmR9w8JhLv-5eaQ3NGZBZFZncHPDNnnVKXhOeSdKPyE4DrqMOcq5KnvD6K4hgU=) [“How I Tackle Travel With Ulcerative Colitis”](/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGURjoAXWE5nPmR9w8JhLv-5eaQ3NGZBZFZncHPDNnnVKXhOeSdKPyE4DrqMOcq5KnvD6K4hgU=) An IBD warrior [reveals the strategies](/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGURjoAXWE5nPmR9w8JhLv-5eaQ3NGZBZFZncHPDNnnVKXhOeSdKPyE4DrqMOcq5KnvD6K4hgU=) that have helped her become a confident and savvy traveler, even with a digestive condition. 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