Idiopathic arthritis affects children under 16

When the Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (AIJ) is presented, children who suffer from it stop playing and having fun. This disease affects the development of infants, who live with pain and suffering. If they do not have timely and effective treatment, they can have an untimely death, he said. Hiram Reyes , director of the Mexican Association of Relatives and Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (AMEPAR) JIA is a condition of unknown cause that affects children under 16 years of age and is characterized by destruction of joints , accompanied by pain and very early physical disability. Some patients may also present fever high, muscle aches, enlarged liver, spleen or lymph nodes, symptoms that also prevent them from attending school.

 

Reyes commented that there are different forms of JIA, which have in common pain and joint inflammation, destruction and physical limitations. Some more complicated cases can present serious complications outside the joints such as the heart, lungs, liver and bone marrow: "Diagnosis and timely treatment are of vital importance, so that children with JIA have an opportunity to control the disease and return to Enjoy life like any healthy child. " According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the JIA is present in 10 out of 100 thousand children worldwide, which are seriously affected in their natural development, since the inflammation caused by JIA can affect the production of the growth hormone. Unable to develop any activity, children with JIA, affect their daily life both with their friends and with their families, which also causes them an isolation extreme and one depression acute for feeling "different". These children, because they do not develop normally due to the growth hormone being affected, also suffer from discrimination .

Thanks to the new therapeutic modalities, JIA is effectively controlled in most cases. Sometimes it is necessary to use state-of-the-art medicines to achieve this control. In Mexico we have the appropriate medications to manage these patients and avoid the consequences that can be devastating, said doctor Francisco Antonio Rojo Leyva, rheumatologist at Hospital Satélite: "All over the world, patients with JIA deserve access to the best existing treatment. , as well as a comprehensive care and emotional support that is a fundamental point for patients to improve their quality of life, "concluded Dr. Rojo Leyva. A patient with well-treated JIA is one who does not have symptoms and can live in the same way as he did before suffering from the disease. Therefore it is very important to know that the JIA can be controlled when it is diagnosed and treated opportunely, being possible to return the quality of life to the children who suffer it. For more information visit: www.amepar.org.mx


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