Talk:Reactive arthritis

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Have put some info onto this page. It is now a stub, not a speedy - the subject is real, and important! --Janke | Talk 09:05, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Merged Reiter's syndrome article into this one. Reiter's is no longer an approved terminology, for two reasons, as mentioned in the article. Almost all the merge work was already done, fantastic editing! Since no one opposed the merge since November, I went ahead and did it. Thatcher131 15:49, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

"Repeated attacks over many years is common, and more than 40 percent of the patients end up with chronic and disabling arthritis, heart disease, diabetes or impaired vision" ... Citations for this? According to the sources I've found online only around 20% of patients develop chronic arthritis -- as the only complication. Of course heart disease, diabetes and impaired vision are all common age related diseases so specifics on where this information comes from is required for such a statement. (Steinn E. Sigurðarson, steinnes ..a.t. gmail.com, 23 May 2007)

• it was written: "spondyloarthropathy (autoimmune damage to the cartilages of joints)"

but isn´t it more of a damage to the synovium primarily? Roenne 17:44, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

• Could someone please review the information from http://wrongdiagnosis.com/r/reiter_s_syndrome/intro.htm and re-write this entry. I have Reiter's and can assure you that the entry at wrongdiagnosis.com is much more accurate as far as causality, initial symptoms, progression, organ involvement, and more. I would do it myself but my hands are the primary group of joints involved. The current wikipedia treatment leaves one with the impression that this is an active STD infection-induced disease whereas the current literature stresses the autoimmune reactive aspects left after an infection in gone, many times for years (perhaps decades in my case). Thanks in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joehodge (talk • contribs) 07:16, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reason for name change

It is stated in the article that the name of the condition was changed for two reasons: 1) A trend not to use eponyms and 2) the relation of Reiter to Nazi concentration camp experiments. The article that suggested the name change in the medical journal Arthritis & Rheumatism only mentioned the 2nd reason, and even more stressed the importance of using eponyms when the physicians live an honourable life (or something of the sort). One of the authors, Engelman, was one of the ones to name the syndrome Reiter's in 1942. So the first statement is incorrect in this case (and I don't know of a situation where it truly applies, to the regret of many medical students). Elikarag (talk) 14:48, 21 April 2008 (UTC)