About 1 child in every 1,000 develops some type of juvenile arthritis. These disorders can affect children at any age, although rarely in the first six months of life. It is estimated that around 300,000 children in India and have been diagnosed with the condition. This article entails the manifestations of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (formerly called polyarticular-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is a subset of juvenile idiopathic arthritis that is defined by the presence of more than four affected joints during the first six months of illness.
EPIDEMIOLOGY Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis is more frequent in females than males. There is a bimodal distribution of the age at onset. The first peak is between the ages of two and five years, and the second is between 10 and 14 years. CLINICAL PRESENTATION The clinical…
