Tag: Arthritis

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Rheumatoid Arthritis

    RA is an autoimmune inflammatory disease of the overall connective tissue predominantly synovium. It is the most common chronic inflammatory rheumatism. The female is strong (sex ratio 1/4). The peak frequency is premenopausal. 1- Clinic: – Adverse distal joint, bilateral and symmetrical (arthritis) – The most frequently affected joints: wrists, hands (metacarpophalangeal, proximal interphalangeal), the…

  • Spondyloarthropathy

    Spondyloarthropathy

    1- Reactive arthritis: * These are mono or trace aseptic arthritis following an episode of infection or genital tract which they are separated by 3 weeks to 1 month * The germs are usually responsible: Yersinia enterocolitica, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella enteritidis, Campylobacter jejuni (digestive front door); Chlamydia trachomatis and Ureaplasma urealyticum in case of genital…