It has been demonstrated that, in most cases, men who are between the ages of twenty and forty are the ones that are most likely to suffer from reactive arthritis symptoms. What’s more, men are about nine times more likely to experience reactive arthritis symptoms as compared to women. Part of the reason for this is that men can be infected by venereally acquired infections. Only when men or women suffer from infections from the foods that they have eaten will reactive arthritis affect men and women in equal measure. However, women will still suffer from milder reactive arthritis symptoms as compared to men.
There are three main ways in which reactive arthritis symptoms develop and these include the urogenital tract and the eyes as well as joints. Each of these three areas is most commonly affected by reactive arthritis symptoms. On the other hand, the rarer types of reactive arthritis symptoms include mouth ulcers as well as skin rashes and often these symptoms are so mild that they go unnoticed for weeks and months on end.
The urogenital tract is often targeted by reactive arthritis and in men it affects their prostate (urethra) while in women it affects their vagina or uterus. Furthermore, reactive arthritis symptoms in men are seen in the wish for them to urinate more frequently and when they do urinate they will experience burning sensations and their penis might also hurt and there could also be some amount of fluid that discharges from the penis.
In certain cases, men with reactive arthritis can even come down with prostatitis which is characterized by symptoms such as fever and even chills and of course it also means an increased need to urinate accompanied by burning feelings at the time of urination.
When women suffer from reactive arthritis symptoms they will find that they have to contend with a problematic urogenital tract including in their cervicitis and this will also make a woman feel uncomfortable when urinating. Moreover, women too will feel burning sensations whenever they attempt to urinate. Other reactive arthritis symptoms in women include salpingitis which in turn can even lead to other kinds of problems including various kinds of arthritic symptoms.
While as yet a cure for reactive arthritis has not been found there are several reactive arthritis treatment options available to patients of this disease. For example, use of NSAIDs is a common treatment option that can provide arthritis relief and a few options open to you in this regard include taking of aspirin and ibuprofen that are available without a prescription.
