Frequency of triggering bacteria in patients with reactive arthritis – (04-09-01)



Frequency of triggering bacteria in patients with reactive arthritis

The well known fact that certain organisms infecting the GI tract can cause systemic arthritic symptoms becomes lost on most clinicians when they consider such conditions as fibromyalgia and many of the autoimmune disorders causing joint pain. In talking with a gastroenterologist and a rheumatologist that I know, they would never entertain the idea that the GI tract could be a source of joint pain unless the “well know” organisms are present. Maybe that’s why we’re missing the boat on chronic pain in civilized health systems…

Ann Rheum Dis — Abstracts: Fendler et al. 60 (4): 337

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James Bogash

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