Reiter's Syndrome

Reiter's syndrome is an infection of the joints and joint attachments. This could also include an infection of the conjunctiva as well as mucous membranes of the urinary tract, vagina, or penis. The vagina and penis will have a distinctive rash from the infection. This condition can be from a sexual infection or could be from infected contaminated foods that produce salmonella. Symptoms in men cause pain in urination and in the prostate along with a discharge from the penis. In women the symptoms may not appear but if so will be a slight discharge from the vagina and some irritation from urination. The conjunctiva, which is a lining that protects the eye, may become inflamed with an itching and irritating discomfort. Other symptoms are sores in the mouth and pain in several joints. The symptoms usually disappear in a few months for most people, but in a large number of instances the symptoms recur for several years.

Treatment for this disorder should be under a doctor's care that will provide the most effective drugs for treatment that includes antibiotics that sometimes do not work. The arthritis condition can be helped with non-steroidal drugs for pain relief as directed by the doctor. The best prevention is a healthy lifestyle of weight control, proper nutrition and exercise along with strict hygiene, which will provide protection from infection of sexual activity and also from food contamination or feces.

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