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Juvenile Arthritis

Juvenile arthritis (JA) is arthritis that happens in children. It causes joint swelling, pain, stiffness, and loss of motion. It can affect any joint, but is more common in the knees, hands, and feet. In some cases it can affect internal organs as well.

The most common type of JA that children get is juvenile idiopathic arthritis. There are several other forms of arthritis affecting children.

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  1. Juvenile Arthritis (National Library of Medicine)  
    Juvenile arthritis (JA) is arthritis that happens in children. It causes joint swelling, pain, stiffness, and loss of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/juvenilearthritis.html - Health Topics
  2. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis 
    Juvenile idiopathic arthritis refers to a group of conditions involving joint inflammation (arthritis) that first appears before the age of 16. This condition ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/juvenile-idiopathic-arthritis - Genetics
  3. Juvenile Arthritis (American College of Rheumatology)  
    Information about juvenile arthritis in children: what it is, getting diagnosed, treatment options, and tips for living well with it.
    https://rheumatology.org/patients/juvenile-arthritis - External Health Links
  4. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis 
    Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a term used to describe a group of disorders in children that includes arthritis. ... Beukelman T, Nigrovic PA. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: an idea ... . 2019;46(2):124-126. PMID: 30710000 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000451.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. What Is Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)? Easy-to-Read From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)  
    Juvenile Arthritis/Start Here ... Juvenile Arthritis ... National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases ... Juvenile arthritis describes arthritis ...
    https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/juvenile-arthritis - External Health Links
  6. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)  
    Eye Diseases/Children ... Eye Diseases ... American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus ... GLOSSARY, TERMS, ACRONYMS, PHRASES, DEFINITIONS, DICTIONARY
    https://www.aapos.org/glossary/juvenile-idiopathic-arthritis - External Health Links
  7. Enthesitis-Related Juvenile Arthritis (Nemours Foundation)  
    Juvenile Arthritis/Specifics ... Juvenile Arthritis
    https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/enthesitis-jia.html - External Health Links
  8. Getting Kids on Board with Treatment (Arthritis Foundation)  
    Managing juvenile arthritis (JA) requires strict compliance with a treatment regimen to have the best possible outcome. Learn why it’s ...
    https://www.arthritis.org/.../treatment-plan-adherence-ja-child - External Health Links
  9. Easy-to-Read Health Information 
    ... and Antiplatelet Agents? (American Heart Association) - PDF J Juvenile Arthritis What Is Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)? (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and ...
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  10. Childhood Arthritis: When Joint Pain Affects Kids From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Juvenile Arthritis/Start Here ... Juvenile Arthritis ... National Institutes of Health ... Find out what this condition looks like in kids and how to help them cope. ...
    https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2021/05/childhood-arthritis - External Health Links
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