Reactive Arthritis

The new, politically correct name for it is Reactive Arthritis, since our good Dr. Reiter ended up being a Nazi war criminal.

Reactive Arthritis
Reactive Arthritis

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Me and the Man And Chickens…

It was soon determined that the severe food poisoning that had nearly cost me my life had left me with a condition known as Reiter’s Syndrome.  Knowing (and proving) that it wasn’t all in my head was, of course, an immense relief, and I was filled with hope that soon my days of physical and mental pain were nearly over.

Having Reiter’s Syndrome means my immune system has been damaged, and if I get something as simple as a splinter in my thumb, my body goes into overdrive to attack it, and will also attack anything in it’s way, specifically all of my joints, my eyes, and my urinary system.  The new, politically correct name for it is Reactive Arthritis, since our good Dr. Reiter ended…

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 Me and the Man And Chickens…

The new, politically correct name for it is Reactive Arthritis, since our good Dr. Reiter ended up being a Nazi war criminal. Informally, it’s known as the “Can’t pee, can’t see, can’t climb a tree” syndrome. On any given day, one of the three symptoms keeps me company, but every once in awhile, they all strike at once.

Arthritis .org

Reactive arthritis is an inflammatory type of arthritis which affects the joints, and may affect the eyes, skin and urinary tract (bladder, vagina, urethra).

FP Notebook

Extensive resource.

NORD

Reactive arthritis is a general term for a form of joint inflammation (arthritis) that develops as a "reaction" to an infection in another area of the body (i.e., outside of the joints).

Patient

Reactive arthritis is a form of seronegative spondyloarthritis clinically associated with inflammatory back pain, additive or migratory oligoarthritis and extra-articular symptoms that typically follow a gastrointestinal or urogenital infection by a minimum of 1 to a maximum of 3-6 weeks.

Your.MD

Reactive arthritis develops after an infection, typically after a sexually transmitted infection (STI) such as chlamydia, or an infection of the digestive system. For reasons that are still unclear, two to four weeks after the infection has passed the immune system (the body's defence against infection) appears to malfunction and starts attacking healthy tissue, causing it to become inflamed.

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