What is Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis?
What is Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis?
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Chronic arthritis affecting children and teens.
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children; large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be retarded.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, or a subtype of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Introduction
Types of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
Types of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
Broader types of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
How serious is Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Prognosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: 75% of cases lead to remission
Complications of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
see complications of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
What causes Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Causes of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: see causes of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Causes of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
JRA is an autoimmune disorder, which means that the body
mistakenly identifies some of its own cells and tissues as foreign.
(Source: excerpt from Questions and Answers About Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: NIAMS)
What are the symptoms of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Symptoms of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
see symptoms of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Complications of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
see complications of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Can anyone else get Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
see treatments for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Research for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
see research for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Organs Affected by Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
Organs and body systems related to Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis include:
Name and Aliases of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Main name of condition: Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Other names or spellings for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
JRA
Still's Disease, Juvenile-Onset
Source - Diseases Database
Still's disease
Source - WordNet 2.1
Acute systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid, Systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Acute systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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