{"id":6193,"date":"2018-03-16T13:45:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T02:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arthritisaustralia.com.au\/wordpress\/?page_id=6193"},"modified":"2024-05-27T11:07:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T01:07:26","slug":"finding-out-your-child-has-arthritis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/managing-arthritis\/arthritis-and-children\/finding-out-your-child-has-arthritis\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding out your child has arthritis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/types-of-arthritis\/jia\/\">Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (children)<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Finding out that your child has arthritis can be a confusing and anxious time.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Your child\u2019s diagnosis may have come as a huge shock, or perhaps it has been a long, difficult journey to find out the cause of their symptoms. A child being diagnosed with arthritis was never part of a family\u2019s plans. The condition not only impacts the child with arthritis, but also parents, siblings and extended family members.<\/p>\n<p>You will undoubtedly have lots of questions about what this means for your child, your family and the future.<\/p>\n<p>In Australia, the types of arthritis that affect children are commonly referred to as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA for short).<\/p>\n<p>Our booklet <a href=\"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Child-Arthritis-WEB-2017-Mar21-Update-1.pdf\"><em>Finding out your child has arthritis<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has been produced for parents, families and carers of children with JIA to answer some of the questions that other parents of children with JIA have struggled with,\u00a0such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What JIA is, the different types and how your child may be affected<\/li>\n<li>How JIA is diagnosed<\/li>\n<li>Treatments for JIA<\/li>\n<li>What you need to know about your child\u2019s medicines<\/li>\n<li>How to help your child manage pain<\/li>\n<li>Keeping your child physically active<\/li>\n<li>Staying healthy \u2013 sleep, rest, healthy eating<\/li>\n<li>Managing school<\/li>\n<li>Preparing for your child\u2019s appointments<\/li>\n<li>Helping your child to cope with the emotional impacts of arthritis<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers and arthritis<\/li>\n<li>Caring for the whole family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With accurate early diagnosis and treatment, and advice from a supportive health care team, going to school, playing sport, being with friends, learning a musical instrument, and holidaying with the family should still be part of normal life for children with JIA.<\/p>\n<samp>Page updated and reviewed April 2024<\/samp>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding out that your child has arthritis can be a confusing and anxious time. Here are answers to some of the most common questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12757,"featured_media":6306,"parent":5571,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pages\/tpl-content.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6193","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12757"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6193\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}