Managing reactive arthritis with ayurvedic principle: a case report

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Reactive arthritis is a sterile but painful inflammatory arthritis which occur as a sequela to an infection by certain bacteria. It is included under a group of diseases called spondyloarthritis. A male patient of 18 years was brought on a wheelchair with the chief complaints of ulceration and pain in bilateral palms and soles including the forearms and the lower limbs along with pain and destruction of nail and nailbeds for 3 weeks. He also had pain in multiple joints like in the lower back region, knee and ankle joints, buttocks along with other complaints like inability to walk, weight loss and general weakness for 3 weeks. After a detailed clinical study he was diagnosed as a case of Reactive Arthritis and the same was corelated with Ayurvedic parameters and internal and external medicine was advised as per the Ayurvedic Principle. After treatment, the overall health was boosted, and all his skin lesion resolved after 2 months. Keywords: Reactive arthritis, Keratoderma blenorrhagica, anukta vyadhi, nidanarthakara roga, vyadhi sankar, shaman chikitsa