What is Reactive Arthritis (Reiter’s syndrome): How to Answer Exam Questions

❤️ Support us - transfer to a VISA card 4355053921990398 (ARMEN ASTVATSATRYAN) via Reactive arthritis ( (Reiter’s syndrome)) is an acute spondyloarthropathy that often seems precipitated by an infection, usually genitourinary or gastrointestinal. Common manifestations include asymmetric arthritis of variable severity that tends to affect the lower extremities with sausage-shaped deformities of fingers or toes or both, large knee effusions, constitutional symptoms, enthesitis, tendinitis, and mucocutaneous ulcers, including hyperkeratotic or crusted vesicular lesions (keratoderma blennorrhagicum). Diagnosis is clinical. Treatment involves nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and sometimes sulfasalazine or immunosuppressants. #reactivearthritis #reiterssyndrome #exam Professor Armen Astvatsatryan, MD, PhD, ScD, Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology. First Dean and Founder of Faculty of Public Health of European Regional Educational Academy (now University). aramis1969@