Male Organ Pain from Reiter’s Syndrome

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Male Organ Pain from Reiter’s Syndrome Proper male organ care can be tricky sometimes, especially when the manhood can be affected by seemingly unrelated problems. For example, if a man has male organ pain, it’s not unreasonable to expect the cause to be something obvious, like a kick to the member or a socially shared infection. But sometimes discovering the pain cause can be circuitous. A case in point is when that male organ pain is linked to a condition known as Reiter’s syndrome. Explaining Reiter’s syndrome Named after a German physician who described it during World War I, Reiter’s syndrome is also known by numerous other names, including reactive arthritis, arthritis urethritica and polyarteritis enterica. It’s a form of arthritis which manifests in seemingly unconnected areas of the body. When a person has Reiter’s syndrome, they experience the following:  Arthritis (a stiffness or pain in the joints, especially knees, ankles, feet and wrists);  Conjunctivitis (itchy, red inflammation of the eyes); and  Inflammation of the urinary and/or gastrointestinal system. (In men, this typically presents as male organ pain.) Reiter’s syndrome is generally thought to occur as a reaction to an infection somewhere in the body. For example, in one medically famous case, a salmonella outbreak among police officers caused Reiter’s syndrome to show up in some of them several months later. Several bacteria are strongly associated with Reiter’s, and salmonella is one of them. So, for that matter, are the bacteria associated with chlamydia, a socially shared infection. While bacteria are a major factor, there also seems to be a genetic factor. The current working theory is that some people are more genetically disposed to develop Reiter’s syndrome than others. When these people are exposed to the right kind of bacteria, it can trigger the development of Reiter’s. www.man1health.com


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