What is the medical term meaning juvenile arthritis?

Answer 1

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), also known as juvenile rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA), is the most common form of arthritis in children and adolescents. (Juvenile in this context refers to an onset before age 16, idiopathic refers to a condition with no defined cause, and arthritis is the inflammation of the synovium of a joint.)

JIA is a subset of arthritis seen in childhood, which may be transient and self-limited or chronic. It differs significantly from arthritis commonly seen in adults (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis), and other types of arthritis that can present in childhood which are chronic conditions (e.g. psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis). It is an autoimmune disorder. The disease commonly occurs in children from the ages of 7 to 12, but it may occur in adolescents as old as 15 years of age, as well as in infants.JIA affects approximately 1 in 1,000 children in any given year, with about 1 in 10,000 having a more severe form.

Answer 2

I think you mean "juvenile"

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is a condition that affects children. There are three main types and it can affect both boys and girls of any age. The symptoms may last into adult life or they may disappear as the child grows up. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis can be treated with a number of medicines, although there is no cure.

Answer 3

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) refers to a number of different conditions, all of which strike children, and all of which have immune-mediated joint inflammation as their major manifestation.

Answer 4

The Symptoms of JIA are often non-specific initially, and include lethargy, reduced physical activity, and poor appetite.The first manifestation, particularly in young children, may be limping. Children may also become quite ill, presenting with flu-like symptoms that persist. The cardinal clinical feature is persistent swelling of the affected joint(s), which commonly include the knee, ankle, wrist and small joints of the hands and feet. Swelling may be difficult to detect clinically, especially for joints such as those of the spine, sacroiliac joints, shoulder, hip and jaw, where imaging techniques such as ultrasound or MRI are very useful.

Pain is an important feature of JIA, but young children may have difficulty in communicating this symptom. Morning stiffness that improves later in the day is a common feature. Late effects of arthritis include joint contracture (stiff, bent joint) and joint damage. Children with JIA vary in the degree to which they are affected by particular symptoms. (source wikipedia)

Answer 5

juvenile arthritis, itself is a medical term.

Juvenile Rheumatic Arthritis is also known as morbus Still (Still's diesase). It is also known as systemic-onset juvenile chronic arthritis. Still's disease presents with systemic (bodywide) illness including high intermittent fever, a salmon-colored skin rash, swollen