Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is an umbrella term for various inflammatory arthritis diseases that can cause many different symptoms according to the type. It’s also known as juvenile rheumatoid ...

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, as the name suggests, is rare and not life-threatening. But the swollen joints and inflammation caused by this disease can be devastating for very young children. Maggie ...

Just like the athletes that he most admires, Michael Mantell has a disciplined mind. The former athlete and avid sports fan lets nothing get in the way of giving life all he’s got—not fear, or pain.

What is the role of methotrexate (MTX) in controlling manifestations of systemic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA)? The patient is a 6-year-old boy with fever and rashes who has failed to ...

Adverse pregnancy outcomes in mothers with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) are not known. The objective of this study was to examine the risk of preterm birth and restricted fetal growth in ...

Please can you give a brief introduction to Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (PJIA)? How common is PJIA? Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (PJIA) is a type of Juvenile Idiopathic ...

For most kids who are active, complaints about joint pain can be both common and harmless. But if your child’s joint pain is severe or chronic, it may be early signs of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ...

Proper diagnosis and treatment are key when it comes to this autoimmune condition, the most common form of arthritis affecting children and teens. Clearing up misconceptions can help. The term ...

THE relation of fever to juvenile rheumatoid arthritis appears to have been largely overlooked in the period of almost seventy years since Still 1 first called attention to certain distinctive ...

When you think of painful arthritis in the joints, you probably think it's something that only affects adults, but 8-year-old Braden Rock deals with arthritis everyday. He was diagnosed last year with ...

SPINAL involvement in rheumatoid arthritis in children has occasionally been noted in the literature, but never emphasized or adequately described. At the Robert Breck Brigham Hospital in Boston, an ...