An infected person may suffer pain and burning in the eyes and small ulcers in the throat and mouth. Some have a genetic predisposition for arthritis with a positive blood test for HLA-B27. For some, joint and muscle pains disappear after 6 month, but for most, the pains continue for many years. I find that short-term antibiotic treatment does not relieve the joint pains, but several months treatment with azythromycin, clarithromycin, doxycycline or minocycline often does.
Symptoms can return after the medication is stopped.
I'm Dr. Gabe Mirkin on Fitness. E Rich, EW Hook, GS Alarcon, LW Moreland. Reactive arthritis in patients attending an urban sexually transmitted diseases clinic. Nongonococcal genital infections, often asymptomatic, can trigger a relatively mild Reactive Arthritis in a larger number of exposed patients than previously thought, irrespective of the individual's HLA status. A mimic of rheumatoid arthritis.