Abstract

CLINICAL STUDY ON REACTIVE ARTHRITIS-A CASE STUDY

*Dr. Majani Deka and Dr. Anup Baishya

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Abstract

Reactive arthritis is a seronegative arthritis and also an immune mediated arthritis which usually develops after a gastrointestinal or genito-urinary infection. Diagnosis of this disorder is mainly clinical and based on oligoarticular arthritis of larger joints developing within 2-4 weeks of the preceding infection. In Ayurveda there is no direct correlation of this disease, so it can be considered as anukta vyadhi. Considering the involvement of dosa, dusya, agnidusti, srota and srotadusti in the disease, an approach can be made to diagnose the disease with Ayurvedic principle of diagnosis. Keeping in view all these important points, use of some Ayurvedic formulations can show tremendous results in such cases. In the present study, a patient of of reactive arthritis was diagnosed on the basis of Ayurvedic principle and treated accordingly and hence he got complete relief.

Keywords: Reactive arthritis, gastrointestinal, genito-urinary, oligoarticular, anukta vyadhi, dosa, dusya, agnidusti, srota, srotadusti.