An estimated 300,000 children or nearly 1 in every 1,000 youth in the U.S. lives with some type of chronic arthritis.
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is the most common type of childhood arthritis.
Juvenile Spondyloarthritis (JSpA), also known as Juvenile Spondyloarthropathy, is the medical term for a group of childhood rheumatic diseases, which cause arthritis before the age of 16 and may span through adult life.
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As a community that supports all people living with spondyloarthritis, SAA is committed to raising awareness of juvenile spondyloarthritis, providing education, support and resources to families and caregivers, funding research, and advocating for a cure on behalf of all who are impacted.
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The CDC recommends that everyone over the age of 12 should be vaccinated against COVID-19. But for adolescents living with a rheumatic disease such as juvenile spondyloarthritis, what are the risks and benefits? What other factors need to be considered? Pediatric Rheumatologist Dr. Pamela Weiss shares her insights.
SAA Support Group Leader (Merced) Roz Tolliver reads Little Tree, a warm, touching, and healing story about a tree that loses some of its branches in a storm. Little Tress provides an affirming and encouraging message for children who are facing a chronic illness or other life-changing condition.
“When you are asleep in the place of dreaming, wonderful getting better things can happen.”
– Author Joyce C. Mills
We spoke with author Hannah Moskowitz about her young adult fiction novel, Sick Kids in Love to discuss what it means to navigate life and love with an invisible illness.
“You have to be overcoming it [illness] or you have to be completely disconnected from it. God forbid it be an important part of your identity that you’re just living with.”
– Author Hannah Moskowitz
Dr. Pamela Weiss, MD MSCE discusses treatment strategies for children with peripheral arthritis and/or enthesitis.
Dr. Pamela Weiss, MD MSCE discusses expectations for initial evaluation and treatment of your child with axial arthritis.
Dr. Pamela Weiss, MD MSCE discusses pain and complications that arise during the management of spondyloarthritis.
Our Juvenile Spondyloarthritis brochure will give you all the information you need about the primary signs/symptoms and the various treatments and techniques to manage spondyloarthritis in children and teens. Available in both English and Spanish.
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