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MEDYMOLOGY
ARBOR VITAE FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
Reiter's disease/syndrome
Etymology:
When reactive arthritis appears in a triad that also includes ophthalmic and urogenital manifestations, the eponym "Reiter's syndrome" was often applied; German physician Hans Conrad Julius Reiter, a physician and leader of the Nazi party, described the condition in a soldier he treated during World War I. Reiter allowed for experiments on concentration camp victims and thus the use of the term "Reiter's syndrome" has fallen out of favor.
Definition:
Now called reactive arthritis, which is a form of inflammatory arthritis that develops in response to an infection in another part of the body (cross-reactivity). Coming into contact with bacteria and developing an infection can trigger the disease.
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