Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthritis has always been erroneously thought of as a condition that affects the elderly. Unfortunately, it does affect the children as well. Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis most commonly affects children. Though it is generally mild, causing hardly any problems, in severe cases it causes
damage to the joints and the tissues. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis causes inflammation of the joints, stiff and bent joints, damage to the joints, and change in the growth. As is the case of Ankylosing Spondylitis, children suffering from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis also suffer from stiffness of the joints in the morning on waking up, or after a prolonged period of rest.
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However, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis too, affects different children differently, and not all children may experience all these symptoms. Even the degree of severity of a particular symptom may vary from children to children. Even in the case of the same child, the symptoms may vary from one day to another.
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis cannot be diagnosed by any single test. A series of tests may be required to diagnose this form of arthritis and only after persistent presence of symptoms for at least 6 weeks, to rule out other possible medical conditions. A pediatric rheumatologist is an expert who specializes in arthritis in children, and may be required to treat children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Unlike pauciarticular and polyarticular, in systemic cases, parts of the body become affected along with the inflammation of some organs. Skin rashes, fever, inflammation of the joints and internal organs such as the spleen and liver may accompany systemic disease.
Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis affects a few joints, as little as four, or less. Half the children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis have this type of arthritis, and usually the joints of the knees, ankles, and elbows are affected. Joints of the wrists, spine and finger or toe joints are rarely, if at all, affected. It normally affects joints on one side of the body and not both sides.
Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis refers to a form of the disease that tends to affect four or less joints. Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis symptoms include selling, stiffness, discomfort or severe pain around the afflicted joints. Most often, pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis affects the joints of the wrist and knee. A key distinguishing feature of pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is that it may also affect the eyes. The iris may become inflamed. In most cases, ophthalmologists are often among the first to diagnose cases of pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Systemic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is the least common but affects both boys and girls alike. It is associated with inflammation of the internal organs. Symptoms may include daily fever as high as 103 degree and above, lasting for weeks or months. Inflammation and joint pain may, or may not, accompany the fever initially, but may appear months later.
By: Ray Lam
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Laura on March 8, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Rheumatoid Arthritis is caused by a virus or biaterca. Medical scientists are not sure as of yet, which it is. This pathogen produces a condition in the body where the body’s own immune system attacks the cartilage in your joints. This attack can be triggered by cold, as in the winter months.But the most important piece of this puzzle is that Rheumatoid Arthritis is curable but not with conventional medicines. The Arthritis Foundation does endorse oxygen therapy to rebuild cartilage and get rid of the pain associated with this type of arthritis. When Rheumatoid Arthritis strikes, the pain can be crippling and the current drugs on the market often cause irreparable damage to the stomach, liver or kidneys.This is because the pharmaceutical industry is desperately trying to find a drug that will allow you to manage’ RA but not cure it. There is no money in the cure but any drug that you get addicted to (NSAIDS in particular) will provide a constant source of revenue for them for the rest of your life.Please look into alternative therapies and Oxygen Therapy in particular. This is what I used 2 years ago to get rid of my arthritis and I haven’t had a twinge of pain since that time.I hope this helps.