Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Ocular Manifestations

We followed 210 cases of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis closely for eleven years.

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis ocular manifestations.

Reza dana md mph msc section editors. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis formerly known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is the most common type of arthritis in children under the age of 16. Sydney stillman boston massachusetts juvenile rheumatoid arthritis jra is a chronic progressive crippling disease of childhood. The ocular manifestations of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis arthritis rheum.

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis accounts for approximately 80 percent of cases of uveitis in children 1 2 9 delay in diagnosis can lead to cataracts glaucoma and blindness. Ra has diverse extra articular manifestations including in the cardiac pulmonary nervous renal skeletal circulatory and ocular systems. Diamantberger first described the arthritic and systemic manifestations in 1891 1 and george frederick still published a more widely known paper in 1897 2 how ever it was not. Ocular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis.

Author l t chylack jr. Some children may experience symptoms for only a few months while others have symptoms for the rest of their. Rheumatoid arthritis ra is a common and chronic systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that primarily involves joints. The most common symptoms of all types of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis also called jra or juvenile idiopathic arthritis jia are persistent joint swelling pain and stiffness that typically.

It s can affect many parts of the body including. Ocular manifestations of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis can cause persistent joint pain swelling and stiffness. Paul l romain md.

Arthritis juvenile complications arthritis juvenile drug therapy eye diseases chemically induced. Juvenile arthritis also called juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or childhood arthritis is the most common type of arthritis to affect children. Chylack lt jr bienfang dc bellows ar stillman js. View in chinese author.

E william st clair md jonathan trobe md deputy editor.