Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Flashcards
What is juvenile idiopathic arthritis?
Is a group of systemic inflammatory disorders affecting children < 16 years
What is the aetiology of JIA?
Aetiology:
- Autoimmune disease with multifactorial pathogenesis
What does JIA stand for?
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
What is the prevalence of JIA?
1/1000 children <16 years
What is the critieria for diagnosis of JIA?
- Age of onset
- <16 years
- Duration of disease
- >6 weeks
- Presence of arthritis
- Joint swelling or 2 of the following
- Painful or limited joint motion
- Tenderness
- Warmth
- Joint swelling or 2 of the following
What are the different clinical subtypes of JIA?
Pauciarticular (most prevalent)
Polyarticular
Systemic onset
What is the most common clinical subtype of JIA?
Pauciarticular
How many joints does pauciarticular JIA affect?
4 or less
What are the different types of pauciarticular JIA?
- Type 1
- Most prevalent type
- Age < 5 years
- Girls:boys 8:1
- Presentation is limp rather than pain and stiffness, chronic uveitis, irregular iris
- Knee > ankle > hand or elbow
- Type 2
- Age after 8-9
- Girls:boys 1:7
- Presentation – lower limp joint affected (hip can be affected), acute iridocyclitis
- Type 3
- Any age
- Girls:boys 4:1
- Presentation – constitutional rare, asymmetric upper limb or lower limb, dactylitis, chronic iridocyclitis
- Can be associated with psoriasis (family history)
- Extended oligoarthritis
- Present in pauciarticular way (<4 joints) but then go onto develop polyarticular arthritis
What is the most prevalent type of pauciarticular JIA?
Type 1 pauciarticular JIA
Describe the epidemiology of type 1 pauciarticular JIA in terms of sex and age?
- Age < 5 years
- Girls:boys 8:1
Describe the epidemiology of type 2 pauciarticular JIA in terms of sex and age?
- Age after 8-9
- Girls:boys 1:7
Describe the epidemiology of type 3 pauciarticular JIA in terms of sex and age?
- Any age
- Girls:boys 4:1
What is the presentation of type 1 pauciarticular JIA?
- Presentation is limp rather than pain and stiffness, chronic uveitis, irregular iris
What is the presentation of type 2 pauciarticular JIA?
- Presentation – lower limp joint affected (hip can be affected), acute iridocyclitis
What is the presentation of type 3 pauciarticular JIA?
- Presentation – constitutional rare, asymmetric upper limb or lower limb, dactylitis, chronic iridocyclitis