Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis – Arthritis Relief https://arthritisrelief.org Natural Arthritis Pain Relief Tue, 03 Jul 2018 22:00:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.16 Information on Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis https://arthritisrelief.org/about/juvenile-rheumatoid-arthritis/ Mon, 16 Nov 2015 02:13:07 +0000 http://arthritisrelief.org/?p=30 Oligoarthritis, also known as pauciarticular Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, or simply JRA, is the most common form of arthritis in children under the age of seventeen. It affects approximately 300,000 children in the United States alone. JRA occurs when the body mistakenly recognizes it's own body tissues as foreign invaders. The immune system then attacks these tissues, which causes swelling or inflammation in the joint linings, and other parts of the body. This can be incredibly painful, and often causes issues like bone deformities or joints being pushed out of their proper alignments. Other issues can arise, but it depends on

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