Unlike many disorders with clear-cut signs and symptoms, those of JRA vary from child to child, and even from day to day in the same child.
This is an important fact for parents, caretakers and teachers (especially gym teachers) to keep in mind when working with children who have JRA.
However, according to emedicinehealth, there are typical complaints associated with JRA:
- Joint pain, stiffness, and swelling, usually more severe in the morning.
- Loss of joint function: Pain, swelling, and stiffness may impair joint function and reduce range of motion.
- Limp: A limp may indicate a particularly severe case of JRA, although it also may be due to other problems that have nothing to do with arthritis, such as an injury. In JRA, a limp often signals knee involvement.
- Joint deformity: The joints may grow in an abnormal, asymmetrical way, causing deformities.
- Eye irritation, pain, and redness.
- Recurrent high fevers.
- Light Rash.
- Myalgia (muscle aches), usually affecting muscles throughout the whole body, not just one part.
- Lymph node swelling: This is sometimes called “swollen glands,” but the lymph nodes are not glands.
- Weight loss.
- Growth problems.
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