Travelling in Peru got food poisoning,got all 3 rieters disease symptoms 3 weeks later,am seeing rheumatologist last 4 months,am taking 3000mg sulfasaline daily last 3 months and non steroidal inflammattory drugs(find celebrex most affective).Very little improvement from initial flare up.
2007-10-02 10:24:59 · 1 answers · asked by john v 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
http://www.orthop.washington.edu/uw/arthritis/tabID__3376/ItemID__130/PageID__248/Articles/Default.aspx
is technical, but does say " tends to be a recurrent disease"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_arthritis
Is less technical.
Immune system and arthritis make me think diet might help
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:JKe0jG1n01QJ:www.dadamo.com/forum/archive9/config.pl%3Fread%3D57920+%22reiter%27s+disease%22+site:dadamo.com&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
notes that two cases responded well to ascorbate.
2007-10-04 09:42:54 · answer #1 · answered by A Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋