If the worm allowed too much inflammation it might kill the host, so the worm has evolved to reduce inflammation to protect the host.

I did do acupuncture, which helped me a lot to reduce the internal inflammation.

'Have fun' is my message. Be silly. You're allowed to be silly. There's nothing wrong with it.

By blocking its action, we hope to reduce inflammation, decrease pain and protect the joint, so the joint remains functional.

They gave me a shot to see if they can get the inflammation down.

It's a little slower process there because you've got to get that inflammation out of there. There's still a little discomfort there. It's considerably better, which is basically what we expected.