During the month of July, doctors and those living with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis are bringing awareness to the disease.– During the month of July, doctors and those living with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis are bringing awareness to the disease.
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis can also damage your heart, lungs, eyes, kidneys and skin and children as young as infants can suffer from arthritis. “These young children are going to have the joint pain and swelling. One of the main things to look for is stiffness in the morning when they get out of bed. If it takes them one or two hours doing their normal activities, that could suggest inflammatory arthritis,” Rennie said.
“One big thing for me, I need access to the school elevators. Sometimes I need to leave class early or have exceptions for the late bell so im not counted as tardy. And also my teachers need to generally know when it comes to physical activity, I can’t go as full out as my other classmates,” Kiest said.