#kids get arthritis too
K so I lied. I do have ONE art work that was supposed to be posted July 1st and I did it about a month ago. So Happy Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month!
About JA
I was 2 when I was diagnosed and am still dealing with it 14 years later. It was an obscure disease when I was diagnosed and most people still don’t know it exists. So always remember, Kids Get Arthritis Too.
- It is an auto immune disease so the problem is your own body attacking itself
- It is only recently that it is being widely accepted and treated by doctors
- It is not life threatening but it is definitly life changing
- Kids of practically any age can have it
- No one is 100% sure what causes it
- Sometimes it feels like the medicines are worse than the disease
- Most medicines are in shot form while some are infusions
- You have to take a bunch of vitamins too because the medicine suppresses your immune system and you get sick easily
- Kids often feel isolated which can lead to depression
- There is no cure
