Children's Rheumatology

Children can develop arthritis and autoimmune conditions too, and their symptoms are often attributed to growing pains, sports injuries or clumsiness. These articles look at juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis in children, periodic fever syndromes such as familial Mediterranean fever, and why a quiet, well-controlled disease still needs regular review. They are written for parents trying to work out whether a child's joint pain deserves specialist assessment.