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Juvenile Rheumatoid arthriris
Title: Juvenile Rheumatoid arthriris
Category: Science & Technology
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Juvenile Rheumatoid arthriris
Tyler McKinna
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Alternative Names:
Juvenile chronic polyarthritis; JRA; Still disease
Definition:
A chronic, inflammatory disease that may cause joint or connective tissue damage. The onset occurs before
Age 16.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors:
JRA is thought to belong to the collagen classes of disease (those diseases that involve connective tissue).
It is a complicated disease. The primary manifestation is arthritis, but the disease may involve other body systems such as the heart …showed first 75 words of 750 total…
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Expectations (prognosis):
JRA is seldom life threatening. Long periods of spontaneous remission are typical. Often JRA improves or remits at puberty. Approximately 75% of JRA patients eventually enter remission with minimal functional loss and deformity.
The stress of illness can often be helped by joining a support group. Here, members share common experiences and problems..
Complications:
loss of vision or decreased vision
total joint destruction of the major weight-bearing joints
chronic spondyloarthropathy
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