Arthritis affecting children, similar to rheumatoid arthritis in adults [Described 1896. After Sir George Frederic Still (1868-1941), British paediatrician and physician to the king.]
form of rheumatoid arthritis, primarily affecting children, in which large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be affected, causing skeletal deformities. Treatment includes nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, analgesics, and rest; also called juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
A rare disease, also known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), that affects children from 2 to 5 years of age.
Chronic arthritis developing in children before the age of 16. There are several different forms of arthritis affecting children, and some authorities confine the diagnosis of Still’s disease to the following: a disease of childhood marked by arthritis (often involving several joints) with a swinging fever and a transitory red rash. There is often severe illness affecting the entire body and the condition may be complicated by enlargement of the spleen and lymph nodes and inflammation of the pericardium and iris.
Chronic polyarthritis that impacts children is characterized by the enlargement of lymph nodes and the spleen, along with intermittent fever.