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Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) or also known as Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is disorder of arthritis that are occur at children age. It is an autoimmune disease that make joint get inflamed for more than 6 weeks that happen to children at the age less than 16.
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CONTENTS
SYMPTOMS
CAUSES
TREATMENTS
SYMPTOMS
Signs and symptoms of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) are :
– Lethargy
– Reduced physical ability
– Poor appetite
– Limping
– Swollen joints
– Pain
– Morning stiffness
CAUSES
The cause of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) is not clearly known. However, it is mostly cause by autoimmune disease, which is a condition where human body immune system start to attack and destroy normal body cells for no apparent reasons. Other factors that may come into consideration as risk factors of this disease are :
– Genetic
– Female
– Psychological stress
TREATMENTS
Related Acupuncture Points :
DU4/ST36/BL20/BL23/BL18/LI4/LI11/KD3/SJ5/SJ4/GB12/BL62/BL60/GB34
Acupuncture Treatment For Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis is an inflammatory disease of the bone. Acupuncture proved to be an effective way of treatment to treat inflammatory disease such as pain and swollen joint. The insertion of needle and stimulation at many acupoints on the patient body can benefit patient by lowering Tumor Necrosis Factor- α (TNF-α) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Both of this indicator are an indicator of chronic inflammation.
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Footnotes
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis – Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_idiopathic_arthritis
- Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Symptoms – Mayo Clinic, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/juvenile-rheumatoid-arthritis/basics/symptoms/con-20014378
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Cause – WebMD, http://www.webmd.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/tc/juvenile-rheumatoid-arthritis-cause
- Acupuncture for Rheumatoid Arthritis | Mind-Body Pain Relief for Arthritis, http://www.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/treatments/natural/other-therapies/mind-body-pain-relief/ra-acupuncture.php