07/11/2023
⁉️Did you know ⁉️
July is Juvenile Arthritis (JA) Awareness Month, a month dedicated to raising awareness about this condition.
🚨Did you know ..
📌 An estimated 300,000 children in the U.S. — that’s 1 in 250 kids — are affected by some form of JA.
📌 Juvenile Arthritis isn’t a specific disease but an umbrella term used to describe the inflammatory and rheumatic diseases that develop in children under the age of 16.
📌 There are several subtypes of JA which can include idiopathic types with no known cause as well as infectious forms of childhood arthritis.
📌 Most kinds of JA are autoimmune or autoinflammatory diseases which means the immune system gets confused and attacks healthy cells and tissue.
📌 Juvenile Arthritis can cause joint inflammation, swelling, pain and tenderness, loss of motion or may have few or no joint symptoms or only affect the skin, muscles and or internal organs.
📌 No two children with juvenile arthritis experience the exact same symptoms or struggles. The treatment approaches, needs and wants of each child and family can differ, too.
🧸 For more information and resources:
https://www.arthritis.org/juvenile-arthritis
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