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What are the early signs and symptoms of juvenile arthritis

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Arthritis is a common disease today. Due to the fast-paced, hectic and stressful lifestyle, it mostly gets unnoticed. Juvenile arthritis is a disease that occurs in children aged 15 or younger . It occurs due to the swelling of the tissue that lines the inner joints. Certain diseases attack the immune system of one’s own body. Juvenile arthritis is one of them. Although the reason is mostly unknown, researchers believe that it may be linked to genetics or sometimes even pollution. There are different types of juvenile arthritis-like oligoarthritis which affects particularly the eye and systemic arthritis which afflicts damage to almost all of the vital organs of the body. Polyarthritis, another type of arthritis can affect the jaw and neck joints as well as hands and feet. Psoriatic arthritis deals with skin problems and is easily characterised by disfigured nails in children. Enthesitis arthritis affects the spine, hips and eyes as well as the places where tendons att...