Reactive Arthritis

Question 1

Clinical presentation of reactive arthritis

Answer 1

nonbacterial conjunctivits, urethritis, and arthritis of weight bearing joints often after a enteric infection (ie salmonella, shigella, yersinia, etc). Can also see enthesitis (tenderness as ligametn/tendon insertion site on bone)

Question 2

Cutaneous manifestations of reactive arthritis

Answer 2

keratoderma blennorrhagica (hands and feet, psoriasiform), circinate balanitis/vulvitis, geographic tongue

Question 3

DDx of reactive arthritis

Answer 3

psoriatic arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, infectious arthropathies, Kawasaki, Behcet syndrome, and rheumatic fever

Question 4

Tx of reactive arthritis

Answer 4

NSAIDs and bed rest