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JIA information for kids

Info for kids

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JIA means juvenile idiopathic arthritis. JIA is arthritis that some kids get.

Skeleton 

These are joints

Joints are where two bones are joined.

They let you bend your arms and legs and other parts.


Your leg has joints in the hip, knee, ankle, foot and toes.

Your arm has joints at the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hands and fingers.

 

Chronic arthritis

  • swells up

  • gets hard to move

  • hurts …for more than 6 weeks

  • feels hot

Ouch 

JIA for kids brochure - arthritis box

 

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Last Updated 05-May-2009. Authorised by: Mike South. Enquiries: Jo Buckle.
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