Childhood arthritis
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Childhood arthritis, also juvenile arthritis, is arthritis
in a child
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Childhood arthritis may be:
Chronic forms of arthritis seen in childhood are:
Arthritis
Arthritis is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints....
in a child
Child
Biologically, a child is generally a human between the stages of birth and puberty. Some vernacular definitions of a child include the fetus, as being an unborn child. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority...
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Childhood arthritis may be:
- Transient & self-limited
- Chronic
Chronic forms of arthritis seen in childhood are:
- Ankylosing spondylitisAnkylosing spondylitisAnkylosing spondylitis , previously known as Bekhterev's disease, Bekhterev syndrome, and Marie-Strümpell disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the axial skeleton with variable involvement of peripheral joints and nonarticular structures...
- Psoriatic arthritisPsoriatic arthritisPsoriatic arthritis is a type of inflammatory arthritis that, according to the National Psoriasis Foundation, will develop in up to 30 percent of people who have the chronic skin condition psoriasis...
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritisJuvenile idiopathic arthritisJuvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common form of persistent arthritis in children. JIA is a subset of arthritis seen in childhood, which may be transient and...