Hello and welcome to the zero to finals podcast. My name is Tom and this is part two of the Rheumatology short answer questions series.

You can find a written version of these questions appearing in both an anky-like format where you can rate the questions on their difficulty and do spaced repetition

depending on how hard you find them, or in a self-assessment format where it tracks your scores

and tells you how well you're performing. And that's at members.0.0.5.com, which is the

zero to finals members site where you can find all sorts of really

useful resources for increasing your productivity when studying medicine. But for now,

let's get straight into these questions. Question 36. What types of infections most commonly trigger

reactive arthritis?

Gastroenteritis and sexually transmitted infections.

Question 37.

Other than symptoms in the joints, what other typical features can occur with reactive arthritis?

Bilateral conjunctivitis, anterior uveitis, urethritis, and circunate balinitis.

Question 38.

What investigation is generally required to exclude other pathology in patients with reactive arthritis.

Joint aspiration.

What differentials can this investigation be used to diagnose?

Septic arthritis, gout and pseudogout.

Question 39.

What features suggest inflammatory back pain, for example due to ankylosing spondylitis rather than mechanical back pain.

Pain that's worse at rest improves with activity and is worse at night and in the morning.

Question 40.

What are the key conditions associated with annemonic, anterior uveitis, aortic regurgitation, atrioventricular block or heart block, apical lung fibrosis,

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