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==Disposition==
==Disposition==
*Outpatient follow up, with DMARDs if refractory to NSAIDs
*Outpatient follow up, with DMARDs if refractory to NSAIDs
*70% self-limited disease


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revisión del 20:12 29 dic 2015

Background

Associated with bacterial infections

Clinical Features

Can't see, Can't pee, Can't climb a tree (Classical triad uncommonly seen)

  • Conjunctivitis or uveitis
  • Nongonococcal urethritis
  • Asymmetric oligoarthritis

Differential Diagnosis

Monoarticular arthritis

Algorithm for Monoarticular arthralgia

Oligoarthritis

Polyarthritis

Algorithm for Polyarticular arthralgia

Migratory 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

Ankylosing spondylitis

Gonococcal arthritis

External Links

References