A child with arthritis may have an obviously swollen joint, or he/she is stiff when waking up and might walk with a limp, or may have trouble using an arm or leg. Children do not always complain of pain because they may adjust the way they do things so that it hurts less, or [...]
JIA is not the same as rheumatoid arthritis! In the United States, some forms of childhood arthritis are still somewhat inaccurately referred to as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or JRA even though the pattern of arthritis and the short-term and long-term effects of most types of juvenile arthritis are completely different from rheumatoid arthritis in [...]
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the newest and preferred terminology to describe chronic arthritis in children. Idiopathic means unknown cause or spontaneous origin. The disease is also sometimes referred to as juvenile arthritis (JA) or juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). Children under 17 years of age who develop inflammation in a joint (usually with swelling and/or [...]
About 1 in 1,000 children have juvenile arthritis. This includes children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and those with other rheumatic or connective tissue diseases. If children with orthopedic and congenital problems that may develop into osteoarthritis in adulthood are included, then an average of one to five children in every elementary school have [...]
Children can get chronic arthritis - called juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), previously known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis – as well as other rheumatic diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (known as lupus or SLE), juvenile dermatomyositis, or vasculitis.
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