{"id":12316,"date":"2012-04-06T21:17:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T21:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curearthritis.armitageinc.com\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2023-11-09T03:18:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T03:18:35","slug":"juvenile-arthritis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Juvenile Arthritis?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12316\" class=\"elementor elementor-12316\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-750fb50c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"750fb50c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/curearthritis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/JIA.mp4&quot;,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted elementor-html5-video\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c54f939\" data-id=\"6c54f939\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2623aaf7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2623aaf7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-194d5008\" data-id=\"194d5008\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ea6fa63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ea6fa63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 12-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">UNDERSTANDING ARTHRITIS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5843d640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5843d640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Juvenile Arthritis<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-386f673b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"386f673b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b60c97a\" data-id=\"1b60c97a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b67412 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23b67412\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LEARN MORE<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed17b50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed17b50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Juvenile Arthritis?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43cb48c3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"43cb48c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 12-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-divider{--divider-border-style:none;--divider-border-width:1px;--divider-color:#0c0d0e;--divider-icon-size:20px;--divider-element-spacing:10px;--divider-pattern-height:24px;--divider-pattern-size:20px;--divider-pattern-url:none;--divider-pattern-repeat:repeat-x}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider{display:flex}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{font-size:15px;line-height:1;max-width:95%}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__element{margin:0 var(--divider-element-spacing);flex-shrink:0}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-icon{font-size:var(--divider-icon-size)}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider-separator{display:flex;margin:0;direction:ltr}.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator{align-items:center}.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:before,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:before{display:block;content:\"\";border-bottom:0;flex-grow:1;border-top:var(--divider-border-width) var(--divider-border-style) var(--divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-left .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-left .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-left .elementor-divider__element{margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-right .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-right .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-right .elementor-divider__element{margin-right:0}.elementor-widget-divider:not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text):not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon) .elementor-divider-separator{border-top:var(--divider-border-width) var(--divider-border-style) var(--divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern{--divider-border-style:none}.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern.elementor-widget-divider--view-line .elementor-divider-separator,.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:before,.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern:not([class*=elementor-widget-divider--view]) .elementor-divider-separator{width:100%;min-height:var(--divider-pattern-height);-webkit-mask-size:var(--divider-pattern-size) 100%;mask-size:var(--divider-pattern-size) 100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(--divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(--divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(--divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(--divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(--divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider--no-spacing{--divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider--bg-round{--divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(--container-widget-width,100%);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-619645cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"619645cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 12-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Nearly 300,000 children have been diagnosed with some form of juvenile arthritis<\/strong><\/p><p>Juvenile Arthritis (JA) is a group of diseases in children that cause inflammation and affect joints. Many of these diseases are autoimmune. Normally, the immune system fights infections, but in autoimmune diseases, it attacks a person\u2019s own body. In children, this can keep them from growing and developing normally.<\/p><p>There are many different types of JA. The most common form is juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sometimes called JIA) which has 6 distinct types.<\/p><p>Juvenile polymyositis and juvenile dermatomyositis are other forms of JA, both can cause muscle weakness and rashes on the eyelids and knuckles. Common adult autoimmune diseases can also appear in children as JA, including lupus, scleroderma, and fibromyalgia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d50eaf\" data-id=\"6d50eaf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253f309 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"253f309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 12-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/JA.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-28505\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/JA.png 1024w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/JA-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/JA-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/JA-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12b1409 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12b1409\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95c2012\" data-id=\"95c2012\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-806af26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"806af26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Download the Juvenile Arthritis Fact Sheet<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0213d94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0213d94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/static.everyaction.com\/ea-actiontag\/at.js' crossorigin='anonymous'><\/script>\n  <div class=\"ngp-form\"\n     data-form-url=\"https:\/\/secure.everyaction.com\/v1\/Forms\/qHz8TDljVEahKJ-9orSr7Q2\"\n          data-fastaction-endpoint=\"https:\/\/fastaction.ngpvan.com\"\n     data-inline-errors=\"true\"\n     data-fastaction-nologin=\"true\"\n     data-databag-endpoint=\"https:\/\/profile.ngpvan.com\"\n     data-databag=\"everybody\"\n          data-mobile-autofocus=\"false\">\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38c0f607 radial-background elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38c0f607\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f2cf6f8\" data-id=\"6f2cf6f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7672de94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7672de94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Juvenile Arthritis<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b46d046 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b46d046\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learn More<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73abecc7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"73abecc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a7bc224 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a7bc224\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-42e291da\" data-id=\"42e291da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-113dc416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"113dc416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Signs and Symptoms of Juvenile Arthritis<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a379e5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a379e5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The symptoms depend on the type of JA that your child has. Even if your child can\u2019t tell you about their symptoms, you may notice that your child is grouchy, tired, or unable to complete daily tasks because of them.<\/p><p>For the most common form of JA, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, symptoms include:<br \/>\u2022 Painful, swollen, or stiff joints<br \/>\u2022 Fever<br \/>\u2022 Rash<br \/>\u2022 Fatigue and tiredness<br \/>\u2022 Loss of appetite<br \/>\u2022 Growth problems (for example, a leg or arm that is longer than the other)<br \/>\u2022 Eye inflammation<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f49ccd0\" data-id=\"6f49ccd0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3995b7fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3995b7fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who has Juvenile Arthritis?\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d853c1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d853c1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the United States, around 300,000 children have a form of JA. That is roughly 1 in 1000 US children.<br \/>JA occurs in children:<br \/>\u2022 Under the age of 16.<br \/>\u2022 Most types are more common in girls.<br \/>\u2022 Enthesitis-related juvenile idiopathic arthritis is more common in boys.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNDERSTANDING ARTHRITIS Juvenile Arthritis LEARN MORE What is Juvenile Arthritis? Nearly 300,000 children have been diagnosed with some form of juvenile arthritis Juvenile Arthritis (JA) is a group of diseases in children that cause inflammation and affect joints. Many of these diseases are autoimmune. Normally, the immune system fights infections, but in autoimmune diseases, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15074,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Juvenile Arthritis?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is juvenile arthritis? Over 300,000 children have been diagnosed with JRA in the US, research is helping find better treatments and hopefully a cure.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is Juvenile Arthritis?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is juvenile arthritis? Over 300,000 children have been diagnosed with JRA in the US, research is helping find better treatments and hopefully a cure.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arthritis National Research Foundation | Funding Research To Cure Arthritis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-09T03:18:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/\",\"name\":\"What is Juvenile Arthritis?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-06T21:17:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-09T03:18:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"What is juvenile arthritis? Over 300,000 children have been diagnosed with JRA in the US, research is helping find better treatments and hopefully a cure.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What is Juvenile Arthritis?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/\",\"name\":\"Arthritis National Research Foundation | Funding Research To Cure Arthritis\",\"description\":\"Funding Research To Cure Arthritis\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is Juvenile Arthritis?","description":"What is juvenile arthritis? Over 300,000 children have been diagnosed with JRA in the US, research is helping find better treatments and hopefully a cure.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What is Juvenile Arthritis?","og_description":"What is juvenile arthritis? Over 300,000 children have been diagnosed with JRA in the US, research is helping find better treatments and hopefully a cure.","og_url":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/","og_site_name":"Arthritis National Research Foundation | Funding Research To Cure Arthritis","article_modified_time":"2023-11-09T03:18:35+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/","url":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/","name":"What is Juvenile Arthritis?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2012-04-06T21:17:40+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-09T03:18:35+00:00","description":"What is juvenile arthritis? Over 300,000 children have been diagnosed with JRA in the US, research is helping find better treatments and hopefully a cure.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/juvenile-arthritis\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What is Juvenile Arthritis?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/","name":"Arthritis National Research Foundation | Funding Research To Cure Arthritis","description":"Funding Research To Cure Arthritis","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12316"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28511,"href":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12316\/revisions\/28511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}