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very interesting anectode indeed !!
The new name reactive arthritis has been around for a while now and i remember reading about the change sometime back but did not know about this strong reason for the change in name.
the holocaust was really so tragic and cruel. i am really moved when i read about these stories of people who survived the concentration camps. there was this story i read just a few weeks back and i shall tell yu all about it tomm. got to go back to questions right now.
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I was wondering how 'reactive arthritis' can be a replacement for Reiter's syndrome, because Reiter's syndrome refers to the triad of reactive arthritis, urethritis and conjunctivitis.
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It is a very long story and Dr. Reiter actually made the wrong diagnosis. I believe it was 1918 when Dr. Reiter actually saw a German Army officer came down with this syndrome that he thought it was caused by syphilis. He was wrong and actually there were many organisms to cause Reactive Arthritis.
I remembered going to medical school and my GI Professor was still using Reiter's Syndrome back in 1994 but the name change has been around for years.
It was quite fascinating to read about the history of medicine because I learnt so much about medicine from reading the past !
One of the most common diabetic drug, Meformin was actually around in 1950's but pulled from the market due to lactic acidosis. But some 30 years later, a newer form of Meformin came along and cured or controlled millions' glucose among diabetics.
How wonderful it is I enjoyed reading how medicine is evolved through history.
I would never how the background of Dr. Reiter until I read about the name change and did some research !
Thank you for sharing with me an interesting chapter in medicine during the German Nazi era!
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can u give me the link to where i can read this--its interesting and id like to read the details!
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