Hi there,
My son, 9 yrs old, has been diagnosed with having "Juvenile Arthritis".
It all started about 7 months ago when he developed a weird left knee that was hurting for the first 5 hours of the day, then disappeared and when sitting still and then walking again, he would have pain and limping again.
Took him to Physio. Physio done some treatment and then referred us to get Xray. Xray was normal. Then GP referred us to Orthopeadic Surgeon who also examined him, did some bloodtests and sonar on knees/hip/torso.
Bloodtests came back as high positive for "Juv Arthritis" and now we are awaiting an appointment to go and see Ped Rheumatoid Spec. in the meantime Ortho Surg. started him on 10mg of Peroxicam per day!
I googled the topic a bit and don't really know what the future and prognosis for my son is.
Any info?