Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is a term used to describe a common type of arthritis in children. It is a long-term (chronic) disease resulting in joint pain and swelling.
Juvenile chronic polyarthritis; JRA; Still's disease; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
The cause of JRA is not known. It is thought to be an
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), which used to be known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), recently underwent a name change to... Read more »
300,000 kids in the US have Juvenile Arthritis (JA). Imagining kids, some of them too tiny to understand what's wrong and barely walking... Read more »
At the Juvenile Arthritis (JA) Conference last week in Arlington, VA, I had the privilege to meet 25 year old Todd Peck, a race car driver... Read more »
Through 29 years of living with rheumatoid arthritis, I have experienced both painful flares and periods of remission. I have tried many... Read more »
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Researchers have found that some medications are effective at treating juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the form of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)... Read more »
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