Reactive arthritis

Question 1

Which antigen ?

Answer 1

HLA-B27 associated seronegative spondyloarthropathies

Question 2

Reiter’s syndrome triad

Answer 2

a classic triad of urethritis, conjunctivitis and arthritis

Question 3

What is it?

Answer 3

is defined as an arthritis that develops following an infection where the organism cannot be recovered from the joint.

Question 4

time course

Answer 4

develops wit in 4 weeks of infection and last around 4-6 months

Question 5

what phrase is used to remember symptoms

Answer 5

can’t see, pee or climb a tree

Question 6

what is the pattern of arthritis

Answer 6

oligoarthritis of lower limbs

Question 7

symptoms

Answer 7

arthritis

dactylics

urethritis

eye - conjunctivitis and anterior uveitis

skin - circinate balanitis and keratderma blenoorhagia

Question 8

what eye sx occurs

Answer 8

onjunctivitis (seen in 10-30%)
anterior uveitis

Question 9

what skin involvement

Answer 9

circinate balanitis (painless vesicles on the coronal margin of the prepuce)

keratoderma blenorrhagica (waxy yellow/brown papules on palms and soles)