Disease

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How serious is junior arthritis?

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Dear Sara Beth, Hello! and thank you for sending your question to AskNSDL. I am a professional librarian and will point you to some authoritative, reliable information that is available on the Internet on this topic. AskNSDL's policy (See "About AskNSDL,"http://asknsdl.askvrd.org/services/asknsdl/AskNSDL_policies.asp) is to not provide opinions on medical topics, but I hope the following resources will help you with your assignment. MedlinePlus,http://medlineplus.gov, the National Library of Medicine's consumer health website, has created indexes of quality resources on many topics. I typed "junior arthritis" in the search box, which led me to a list of results that included "Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis." Is this the topic your are researcing? I then browsed MedlinePlus's "Health Topics" to find the page of resources on "Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis." http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/juvenilerheumatoidarthritis.html "Questions and Answers About Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis" (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases) may help you with your find an answer to your question. http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/juvenile_arthritis/juvarthr.htm Read the next three articles from the "Overviews" category, too. Arthritis in Children (American College of Rheumatology) http://www.rheumatology.org/public/factsheets/arth_in_children.asp?aud=pat Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (Nemours Foundation). Medline Plus provided the link to the article for younger kids. The link below will take you to the article for Teens. http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/bones/juv_rheumatoid_arthritis.html Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) (Arthritis Foundation) _ This piece has a lot more links on the right hand side that might help you with your research. http://www.arthritis.org/conditions/DiseaseCenter/jra.asp Be sure to talk to your health care provider for personal treatment options. The librarian at your school and/or public library can also assist you in finding more material on this topic, both in print and electronically. Sincerely, Joyce W.