Reactive arthritis is an autoimmune disease that develops in response to an infection in another location of the body. Since its manifestation is set off by a different infection, it is named “reactive”. Most often, reactive arthritis takes place due to of the presence of some type of illness like bacterial infections, genital infections or gastrointestinal infections. Even food poisoning has been thought to cause reactive arthritis. It is often challenging to establish the true reason, since the initial illness has generally been healed before the signs of reactive arthritis turn up.

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