When the word “arthritis” is mentioned, most people tend to associate the condition with the elderly. However, this fails to include the nearly 300,000 children in the nation with some form of the disease.
According to Ginger Janow, M.D., a pediatric rheumatologist at Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group and Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, arthritis is a term used to encompass over 100 types of joint pain and diseases—and will chronically develop in approximately 1 in every 1,000 children.
As one of the leading causes of disability in the United States, Dr. Janow answers some commonly asked questions about juvenile arthritis.
