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History and Symptoms

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Acute reactive arthritis

The classic symptoms of reactive arthritis include urethritis, arthritis, and conjunctivitis

• Symptoms start to appear after days to weeks of initial gastrointestinal or genitourinary infection.
• Mono or oligoarticular arthritis
• Commonly affects lower extremities
• Dactylitis
• Enthesitis
• Symptoms for more than six months are regarded as chronic reactive arthritis

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