Reiter’s syndrome (reactive arthritis)

Reiter’s syndrome is also called reactive arthritis. Reactive arthritis causes pain and inflammation around the body, especially in the spine.e. It is thought to be triggered by a bacterial infection in the digestive or urinary tract.

Symptoms

The most common symptoms of Reiter’s Syndrome are pain and swelling in the joints of the spine, pelvis (sacroiliac joints), fingers, toes and feet. It is common for the iris of the eye to become inflamed (iritis) and patients to experience urethritis, which describes inflammation of the urethra. Skin rashes are common in the pelvic area and feet. The most common saying used to remember this clinical presentation is “I can’t see, wee or walk”

Treatment

Medical treatment is necessary to alleviate the symptoms of Reiter’s syndrome (reactive arthritis). Chiropractic can be useful in the rehabilitation process.

Causes of low back pain

The following conditions are common causes of low back pain.

• Lumbar myelopathy
• Cauda equina syndrome
• Lumbar spinal stenosis
• Bone Spurs
• Degenerative disc disease (DDD)
• Pinched nerve
• Lumbar radiculopathy
• Lumbar facet joint pain
• Bulging Disc
• Herniated Disc
• Disc protrusion
• Discogenic pain
• Post laminectomy syndrome
• Coccydynia
• Spondylolisthesis
• Spondyloarthropathy
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Reiter’s syndrome
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Enteropathic arthritis
• Sacroiliac disorders
• Foot drop
• Spinal neurofibroma
• Acute low pain
• Chronic low back pain
• Stiff low back
• Trigger points in the low back
• Red flags for low back pain
• Internal disc disruption
• Lumbar spondylosis
• Lumbar facet syndrome
• Lumbar foraminal stenosis
• Lumbar disc herniation
• Lumbar osteoarthritis
• Lumbar osteophytes