Vad är juvenile rheumatoid arthritis What is juvenile idiopathic arthritis? Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a form of arthritis in children. Arthritis causes joint swelling (inflammation) and joint stiffness. JIA is arthritis that affects one or more joints for at least 6 weeks in a child age 16 or younger. 1 systemisk juvenil idiopatisk artrit 2 What is childhood arthritis? Arthritis in children is called childhood arthritis or juvenile arthritis. The most common type of childhood arthritis is juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), also known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Childhood arthritis can cause permanent physical damage to joints. 3 juvenil artrit vuxen 4 Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is the most common form of arthritis affecting children. It is a swelling of the joints that is characterized by heat and pain. Arthritis can be short-term, lasting just a few weeks or months and then disappearing - or it may be chronic and last for months, years or even a lifetime. Symptoms. 5 What is juvenile arthritis? Juvenile arthritis is a disease in which there is inflammation (swelling) of the synovium in children aged 16 or younger. The synovium is the tissue that lines the. 6 Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is a form of arthritis in children ages 16 or younger. It causes inflammation and joint stiffness that last for more than 6 weeks. Unlike adult RA, which lasts a lifetime, children often outgrow JRA. But the disease can affect bone development in a growing child. 7 systemic jia svenska 8 Juvenil idiopatisk artrit är den vanligaste, kroniska reumatiska sjukdomen i barndomen, som drabbar cirka 16 till av barn. 9 Termerna juvenil ledgångsreumatism (JRA) och juvenil idiopatisk ledinflammation avser klassifikationssystem för kronisk ledinflammation hos barn. 10 Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than. 11