Can sexually acquired infection cause arthritis?

Rheumatoid arthritis is an Autoimmune disease and is not considered contagious. Having said that however suffering from some illnesses has been noted by sufferers to cause the onset of flare ups in RA. Gonorrhea and chlamydia are able to bring about a rare form of Arthritis known as venereal arthritis. For more info on this go to the related link (Venereal Arthritis ) below