FAQs 1: I have heard of rheumatic disorders in adults but can they affect children too! What are the red flag signs to suspect and seek a doctor’s opinion?
Rheumatological (pronounced “RHEUMA—TO-LOGICAL”)/rheumatic diseases are autoimmune and inflammatory diseases that cause our immune system to attack various joints, muscles, bones, blood vessels, and other organs. Often thought to affect only the elderly, these diseases have definite and specific afflictions to the pediatric age group (0–18 years). Doctors who care for such disorders in children are termed as “pediatric rheumatologists”.
Inflammatory conditions commonly seen include juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM),
Kawasaki disease (KD), Henoch–Schönlein purpura (HSP), etc. In addition, various non-inflammatory conditions such as mechanical pains (growing pains),
benign joint hypermobility syndrome, pain amplification syndromes besides bony pains due to periodic growth spurts (Sever’s disease, Osgood–Schlatter disease, etc.) can have musculoskeletal symptoms.
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