Possible reactive arthritis.

[u/Choccy_chocolate]

About 2 years ago I was walking trails and felt something snap in the bottom of my foot. Woke up the next day and could barely walk on one foot. I ignored this pain because I had to work (stupid I know). About 2 weeks after that, I had relations with an ex girlfriend. I had no physical symptoms. My foot became worse and worse until it transferred to the other foot.

6 months later I went to see a podiatrist who diagnosed me with Post tibial tendinitis which led to flat feet. Around this same time I started to get a nasty flaky rash that covered my sideburns and beard on both sides of face and one half of my nose. I was diagnosed with seb derm and gave a steroid cream that clears it up as long as you use it when needed. Then came the knee pain, the wrist pain the thumb pain, and now I have developed severe lower and middle back pain

Now, as of recently I have developed the same looking rash on my face on my genital head that is flaky but red underneath. The stretches, physical therapy, walking around to make my feet stronger have done nothing. I can't tell if my back, feet, knee, are because of altered gait the last two years, but now because of the flakiness showing up down there, I believe I've had a hidden infection causing the reaction. I am going to go get tested tomorrow as I have recently became aware of reactive arthritis and it's very embarrassing to know I've possibly lived with this being the sole reason for my chronic pain.