Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!amdcad!amdahl!ems From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Reiter's Syndrome (and chlamydia) Message-ID: <1243@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 14:27:36 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.1243 Posted: Thu Mar 7 14:27:36 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 19:20:54 EST References: <1640@pur-phy.UUCP> <497@ptsfa.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Circle C Shellfish Ranch, Shores-of-the-Pacific, Ca Lines: 44 > > > >As I understand it, Reiter's Syndrome is a disease of the connective > >tissue of muscles. ... ... request for more info ... > According to the Merck manual ... > > "REITER'S SYNDROME > "Arthritis associated with nonbacterial urethritis and > conjunctivitis, usually seen in adult males following recent > sexual exposure; it may also follow an acute attack of > unexplained diarrhea (dysentery). ... The syndrome seems to be > a response to infection with shigella or infectious agents transmitted > venereally (e.g chlamydia) in a genetically susceptible host." > > The manual ... mentions anti-inflamatory agents (e.g. aspirin or > indomethacin or phenylbutazone), physical therapy during the > recovery phase (the typical case resolves in 3-4 months, but 50% > of patients experience transient recurrences ... ... more on symptoms and treatment ... > ... Tetracycline may control the urethritis. I thought chlamydia was a bacteria. Yet here we have Merck saying that Reiters is associated with 'nonbacterial urethritis'; and proposing that tetracycline may control it... Am I reading this wrong or what? Is chlamydia a bacteria or a virus? Can tetracycline do anything against viruses? And what is this chlamydia stuff anyway. I'd never heard of it before, and now its in magazine articles and on the net. Is this the newest fad bug? Yours in confusion ... -- E. Michael Smith ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems Computo ergo sum The opinions expressed by me are not representative of those of any other person - natural, unnatural, or fictional - and only marginally reflect my opinions as strained by the language.