Children and teenagers get a kind of arthritis called juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). In this video, Duncan, Danielle, and Lindsey discuss their treatment plans.

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VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:

Dr. Cameron: A rheumatologist is a doctor who has had special training in the diagnosis and treatment of problems with inflamed joints, muscles and other parts of the body. It may take your doctor some time to be absolutely sure what type of JIA you have. Young people with JIA have many common symptoms due to the inflammation in their joints including stiffness, swelling and pain.

Danielle: Along with medication, there are some challenges.

Lindsey: I found that when I was growing up there was always gonna be sore days, no matter, you know, what I did. There are going to be those days where your knees hurt a little or your arms or your shoulders.

Danielle: Basically, just writing in school and writing long essays were really, really, really hard for me so some techniques I would use is I would take a break maybe I would shake off my hand a little or just relax and explain to your teacher it's not a big deal and just little things like that.

Lindsey: If I'm having a day where I'm really sore, one of my favorite things to do is have a bath.

Dr. Cameron: The symptoms of arthritis usually go through a pattern of ups, which we call flares, and downs, which we call remissions. Flares [inaudible] arthritis are hard to predict.

Lindsey: On bad days, I've been known to have four baths. Like I'll get in, get out, get in again, get out, get in again.

Dr. Cameron: Sometimes the type of arthritis you may have may change over time.

Duncan: I just started off when I was two years. One of the issues that I had with arthritis was that I couldn't get my leg straight and these are called splints and they allowed me. I'd have to wear them every night and they were trying to get my legs straight.

Lindsey: It's normal for me to have an ache somewhere in my body every day. So, I'd rather [inaudible]. Like the best thing to do is to go on with your day and do as much as possible. Usually, I find that my arthritis just kind of slips to the back of my mind and I don't really pay attention to it.

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