Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- causes and risk factors
- signs, symptoms and diagnosis
- pathophysiology
- treatments
- consequences and course
- the patient
- health care team
- community involvement
- resources and references
Causes and Risk Factors
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is a diagnosis of exclusion. Other possibilities which need to be rules out include infection, reactive arthritis, malignancy, connective tissue disease, mechanical conditions, and bleeding disorders.
Signs, Symptoms, and Diagnosis
Associated with uveitis
- acute uveitis, especially in enthesitis-related arthritis
- chronic, asymptomatic uveitis
- most common cause of acquired blindness in children in North America
Rash that comes and goes
Pathophysiology
Treatments
Enthesitis-related JIA should be screened for uveitis approx. once yearly; oligo- and polyarticular more frequently.
Consequences and Course
The Patient
Health Care Team
Community Involvement
References