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Children get painful Arthritis too, it's called Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)

By Emily Akin, FOX 26 News
Published May 27, 2016
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HOUSTON ( FOX26) - It's an auto immune disease that attacks the body's joints. it's called Rheumatoid Arthritis, or RA.  Akin has this disease.  She was shocked to  learn  children have a similar disease, called JIA.  The symptoms are the same, the medications the same.  Just one big difference: These patients are KIDS!

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