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Reactive arthritis – causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology



What is arthritis? Also known as Reiter’s syndrome, it is inflammation of a joint which usually develops after an infection, and that infection is typically a sexually transmitted disease or gastroenteritis.

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  1. Sir i am from india i am suffering from sexually acquired raective arthritis and now its developed to ankylosing spondylitis….its my question i can marry someone in future or not??.. And if i get physical with someone in future…she will get infected or not?? And i was abused by someone at age of 6 and now i am 23….

  2. Thank you for posting this video! After 3 rounds of antibiotics and 2 of steroids. Here i am. The bacteria were resistent to the antibiotics, and didnt work and the prednisone worked after the first day, but all symptoms returned when the prednisone was completed. Not sure why no one took a blood test to analyze the bacteria. But walking is tricky and my finger swelled up 2x the size. It is attacking all the joints

  3. Had my reactive arthritis 2 days post appendectomy. Hit all my joints. Mostly upper extremities. No prior hx of anything. Was put on prednisone, ketoralac and panto. Currently 3 weeks from incident. Walking moving. Seeing rheumatologist tomorrow.

    Thanks for the video!

  4. Tons of Reactive arthritis due to Covid-19 infections, coupled with viral persistence. We need viral replication tests to be made widely available, such as antisense genomic SARS-CoV-2 RNA tests. Either from serum, or better yet, synovial fluid! What's the point of taking NSAIDs or biologics, if there is a live replicating virus wreaking havoc inside our joints. Therefore we need two things, viral load testing, proof of continued viral replication AND repurposed antivirals. There's 40 years of HIV science to rely upon, if any researcher would just bother to look.

  5. My reactive arthritis occurred after my sister infected me with her own respiratory infection. Although, I had no cough, fever, runny nose, it hit me back in the spine. I have issues on 2 disks O3-O4 and O4-O5. At first, I had loss of appetite leading to malnutrition and me losing weight. My hematocrit dropped and the inflammation grew. I lost ability to walk since it affected both of my legs. I could walk but not steadily, balance issues. Eventually, I got medication by December first, during October and November only exercise and physiotherapy. I wasn't sure I was sick and the pace wasn't rapid. My left foot ankle also got swollen on the 30th of November. I've had Naprosyn for the first 21 days of December and now I am on Medrol. I hope I recover fully one day. I also have to fix my dropped hematocrit.

  6. Hi osmosis, Actualy I want to request you to make a video on IRIDODONOSIS, I'm a student and I wanted to make a project for my school
    You do great work and always been helping me in my projects. Please please please make a video on the topic. I know you love your subscriber and wlould surely listen to me
    WAITING for your quick response 😇😇😇

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