Femina – Kayalvizhi Arivalan
We often come across parents and grandparents complaining about joint pain and arthritis. Do you know that even kids are prone to developing arthritis? As shocking as it sounds, it’s true. Children can develop Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), also known as Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA), a condition caused by inflammation of joints. It affects almost one out of every 1000 children who are between six weeks and sixteen years of age. The condition is said to be most common in girls, and the most common age group being pre-schoolers and teenagers.