Reactive arthritis, previously known as Reiter's syndrome, is a form of inflammatory arthritis that develops in response to an infection elsewhere in the body, a process called cross reactivity. Contact with certain bacteria and the infection that follows can trigger the disease. By the time a person shows symptoms the triggering infection has often already cleared or gone into remission, which makes the original cause difficult to pin down in chronic cases.
Facts
Classification
ICD-10 ChapterXIII: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Connections
Treated By
NSAID therapy is standard first-line symptomatic treatment for reactive arthritis.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Reactive arthritis
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Affected people may present with mucocutaneous lesions, as well as psoriasis-like skin lesions such as circinate balanitis, and keratoderma blennorrhagicum.
2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
3. Wikipedia: Non-communicable disease
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NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.
Named examples section
NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.
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