Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
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juvenile arthritis, Still's disease
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- What Is Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis? Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than 6 weeks in a child of 16 years of age or less.
- Although it has a similar name, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is not the same as the kind of arthritis that affects adults.
- In most cases juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is not a lifelong disorder, and the signs and symptoms may fade after several months or years.
- Polyarticular Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is the form in which four or more joints are involved from the beginning.
- Other names for juvenile arthritis include juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile chronic arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis and Still's disease.
- The most common form is juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), also known as juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
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