Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

[crimson]

Here's one topic that I would like to share.

What is juvenile rheumatoid arthritis?

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is a childhood disease that causes inflamed, swollen joints. This makes joints stiff and painful.

Unlike adults with rheumatoid arthritis, many children with the disease grow out of it after they get treatment. Others will need ongoing treatment as adults.

There are three types of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

* Pauciarticular is the most common and mildest type. Your child may have pain in 1 to 4 joints, such as the knees, ankles, fingers, toes, wrists, elbows, or hips.
* Polyarticular is more severe. It affects more joints and tends to get worse over time.
* Systemic is the least common type. But it can be the most serious. It causes pain in many joints and can also spread to organs.


Here's the link for more information Juvenile Rheumatoid (http://health.yahoo.com/rheumatoidarthritis-overview/juvenile-rheumatoid-arthritis-topic-overview/healthwise--hw104393.html)

[kageyd]

Thanks again, Crimson. Great info.

[naturelover]

At first place, I don't want to see a child getting Arthritis and Mr. Crimson, I really don't want to see the below from happening to any child at all. Definitely, useful to our members and hope for those have kids.

Children with this disease can also get inflammatory eye disease. This can lead to permanent vision problems or blindness if it’s not treated. Eye disease often has no symptoms before vision loss occurs. That’s why it’s important for your child to have regular eye exams with an ophthalmologist. Treatment can begin before your child has long-lasting vision problems.

[adhityaen]

At first place, I don't want to see a child getting Arthritis and Mr. Crimson, I really don't want to see the below from happening to any child at all. Definitely, useful to our members and hope for those have kids.

I too worry the same and some thing radically related with diet or awareness of this RA has to be instilled among the general public to save future generation from this form of chronic illness.

[crimson]

With this kind of arthritis happening to kids is really very painful but if this were to happen we have to accept the fact that we need to have a cure for this.

[naturelover]

Apart from the debate of whether RA is hereditary or not, it's for sure a chronic ailment. But when this affects children also on the same scale as adults make me worry to think about gene and again I want to stress that diet alone can work in controlling the RA effect. At the same time, I respect serious medical research on this front as I am no one undermine their service to humanity.