Childhood arthritis begins before 16's age. Besides joints, the eyes can be attacked. With treatment, the prognosis is good for most children.

Definition

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is an arthritic disease that begins before the age of 16. Childhood addiction is also called juvenile idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). The disease is divided into different types, depending on symptoms and disease courses. Each subgroup is described on separate pages, please follow the links:

• Systemic Type (Still’s Disease)
  

  Right knee arthritis by oligoarticular JIA. Hahn YS, Korean J Ped (2010), CC-BY-NC 3.0

  • Fever, rash, arthritis
• Oligoarticular form
  • Four or less attacked joints
  • Arthritis in the knees, ankles or other large joints
• Polyarticular form
  • Many (at least five) swollen joints
  • Often fingers, toes, wrists, ankles, jaw joints and cervical vertebrae
• Entesite-related arthritis
  • Begins with arthritis in large joints
  • Iliosacral joints and spine are eventually attacked
  • Most often boys

More about rheumatic diseases in children is described here

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