Juvenile SpA includes not only children with ERA, but also many others who do not meet the ERA criteria, such as patients with the ILAR undifferentiated and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) categories, IBD-related arthritis, juvenile AS, and
reactive arthritis (8).
There's no single test for
reactive arthritis, although blood and urine tests, genital swabs, ultrasound scans and X-rays may be used to check for infection and rule out other causes of your symptoms.
Post Streptococcal
Reactive Arthritis (PSRA) and post viral
reactive arthritis whose symptoms lasted more than 6 weeks were included in the study as undifferentiated arthritis according to ILAR classification
Accusing Crewe of "putting two fingers up" to a man who made his debut for the club at the age of 16 and made 173 appearances for them before
reactive arthritis cut short his career, Harrison said they will now take their fight to the High Court.
She was diagnosed with
reactive arthritis, a known complication, and was readmitted to hospital for nine days as her mobility deteriorated.
But firm steps taken to provide clean water and adequate sewage system has dramatically reduced the incidence in Europe and other developed parts of the world.5 Vaccine against typhoid fever is available but even in the presence of effective vaccines, these are not incorporated in regular vaccination program.6 The commonly encountered complications are pertaining to intestinal system such as intestinal hemorrhage, intestinal perforation, central nervous system (CNS) manifestation include encephalopathy and ataxia, pulmonary involvement with pneumonia and
reactive arthritis in bones and joints.7-12 In our experience, substantial number of cases with enteric fever have delayed presentation and most are inadequately treated resulting in admission with different complications.
For seronegative people, conditions such as psoriatic arthritis and
reactive arthritis are more common.
He explains that rheumatic diseases are commonly classified as inflammatory and non-inflammatory, with rheumatoid arthritis,
reactive arthritis and connective tissue diseases such as lupus, being among the most common inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
"Rheumatic diseases are commonly classified as inflammatory and non-inflammatory, with rheumatoid arthritis,
reactive arthritis, and connective tissue diseases such as lupus, being among the most common inflammatory rheumatic diseases.," said Dr Basem Awadh, senior consultant and associate programme director,
1) Acute rheumatic fever can lead to valvular heart disease 2) Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis - this is an acute reaction in the kidneys 3) Post-streptococcal
reactive arthritis - this can affect all the body's joints.