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Commemorating Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month in July each year is essential. Arthritis affects not only older people but also children as young as six months old!
Child arthritis has a distinct physical and mental impact. The Arthritis Foundation launched the juvenile arthritis awareness to share information to assist those affected.
Juvenile arthritis is a disease that causes synovium’s inflammation (swelling) in children aged sixteen and below. The tissue that lines the interior of joints is the
synovium.
A variety of factors can contribute to joint pain in children. However, if a child's joints swell for six weeks or longer in a row, they may have chronic arthritis.
To further understand, we will examine childhood arthritis symptoms and diagnosis. We will also discuss the treatment of arthritis in children.
With the juvenile arthritis month, it is just apt that we will learn how to determine childhood arthritis. The following are the most prevalent symptoms:
The above childhood arthritis symptoms may not be present in other children. Some symptoms may be confused with those of other diseases, making diagnosis challenging.
Examinations and checking the medical history will likely be the first things the doctor will do on the child. Additional testing may help identify the child's type of arthritis. The following tests may also be required:
The following are the various types of Juvenile Arthritis that may need treatment:
The arthritis treatment strategy may involve medication and, in some cases, surgery.
When treating children, joint replacement, often used for adults with arthritis, is nearly never appropriate. Moreover, proper treatment of juvenile arthritis will safeguard the joint and avoid long-term damage that may need a joint replacement.
Juvenile arthritis rarely requires surgery. However, the child patient may need surgery to adjust the joint placement in cases of severe juvenile arthritis or serious complications. Deformed or uneven joints are examples of this.
Until juvenile arthritis is no longer present, the child may need to take specific medications for several years. The doctor will assess if it is safe to quit the medications once the joint pain, swelling, and warmth have subsided.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be used as the first line of treatment for juvenile arthritis to relieve pain and inflammation.
There may be some risk of gastrointestinal side effects, but several of these medications have a long track record of safety. The most common are the over-the-counter drugs such as Ibuprofen and Naproxen.
Fast-acting anti-inflammatories known as corticosteroids are medications for severe juvenile arthritis. A bridge effect occurs when corticosteroids are administered concurrently with DMARDs or biologics. It is possible to give them in several ways, including by mouth (orally), injection into a vein (intravenously), and directly into joints.
Drugs that help control disease progression are known as Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs). Methotrexate is the most commonly used drug, which has been used for over twenty years to treat juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Biologics may be recommended either on their own or in combination with one of the other prescription therapies such as NSAIDs, DMARDs, and corticosteroids that fail to slow disease progression or induce remission.
Seek doctor's help if your children manifest any symptoms so they can help provide the correct diagnosis if your child is afflicted with chronic childhood arthritis and prescribe proper treatment.
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