A child who has juvenile arthritis may develop problems with his or her eyes.

Children with juvenile arthritis often have no symptoms at all.

So, most children with juvenile arthritis who develop eye problems do not have any symptoms.

These facts suggest an environmental component to the occurrence of juvenile arthritis.

The most common eye problem that can develop in children with juvenile arthritis is uveitis.

In 2008, he was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis, and recovered after an operation a year later.

While juvenile arthritis can go into remission, it does not disappear with age.

There are no national studies of the incidence of juvenile arthritis.

Researchers believe juvenile arthritis may be related to genetics, certain infections, and the environment.

He suffered from juvenile arthritis as a child and young adult, which restricted his flexibility.

Systemic juvenile arthritis usually causes high fever and a rash.

(2) Overall, juvenile arthritis occurs more frequently in girls than boys.

In juvenile arthritis, the immune system targets the tissue that lines the inside of joints.

Red eyes, eye pain, and vision blurring or loss occur in a child who has been diagnosed with any form of juvenile arthritis.

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Here is information about how juvenile arthritis can cause eye problems - including uveitis - and what can be done to protect your child's eyes.

Or it could occur at the same time that juvenile arthritis is diagnosed or even up to 15 years after the diagnosis.

The treatment of juvenile arthritis may include medications, therapy, splints and in severe cases surgery.

Eventually, doctors diagnosed polyarticular juvenile arthritis, a form that affects children in at least five joints.

There are basically five types of juvenile arthritis:

Uveitis can also occur several years after juvenile arthritis is in remission when the disease is not active.

Juvenile arthritis is an autoimmune disease.

Symptoms of juvenile arthritis may include:

Systemic juvenile arthritis can also affect internal organs, such as the heart, liver, spleen, and lymph nodes, but usually not the eyes.

When he was nine, he was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis and needed to use a wheelchair, which he later overcame.