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*Conjunctivitis or uveitis | *Conjunctivitis or uveitis | ||
*Nongonococcal urethritis | *Nongonococcal urethritis | ||
Revision as of 20:14, 29 December 2015
Background
Associated with bacterial infections (Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Chlamydia)
Clinical Features
Can't see, Can't pee, Can't climb a tree (Classical triad in 1/3 of pts)
- Conjunctivitis or uveitis
- Nongonococcal urethritis
- Asymmetric oligoarthritis
Differential Diagnosis
Monoarticular arthritis
- Acute osteoarthritis
- Avascular necrosis
- Crystal-induced (Gout, Pseudogout)
- Gonococcal arthritis, arthritis-dermatitis syndrome
- Nongonococcal septic arthritis
- Lyme disease
- Malignancy (metastases, osteochondroma, osteoid osteoma)
- Reactive poststreptococcal arthritis
- Trauma-induced arthritis
- Fracture
- Ligamentous injury
- Overuse
- Avascular necrosis
- Decompression sickness
- Spontaneous osteonecrosis
- Hemorrhagic (e.g. hemophilia, systemic anticoagulation
- Seronegative spondyloarthropathies (ankylosing spondylitis, IBD, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis
- RA, SLE
- Sarcoidosis, amyloidosis
- Periarticular pathology
- Transient (Toxic) Synovitis (Hip)
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
- Legg Calve Perthes Disease
Oligoarthritis
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Gonococcal arthritis
- Lyme disease
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Reactive arthritis
- Rheumatic fever
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
Polyarthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Lyme disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Reactive poststreptococcal arthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Rheumatic fever
- Serum sickness
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Serum sickness–like reactions
- Viral arthritis
Migratory Arthritis
- Gonococcal arthritis
- Lyme disease
- Rheumatic fever
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Viral arthritis
Diagnosis
- Clinical diagnosis
- Must exclude gonococcal arthritis and other systemic disease manifestations
Management
- NSAIDs mainstay of treatment
- Systemic antibiotics do not affect arthritis
- However, consider doxycycline in chlamydia related to improve arthritis symptoms faster
Disposition
- Outpatient follow up, with DMARDs if refractory to NSAIDs
- 70% self-limited disease
See Also
External Links
References
- Lozada CJ et al. Reactive Arthritis. Oct 31 2015. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/331347-overview#showall.