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How can the family help a child live well with jra?
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Nutrition: Nutrition, exercise and proper medical follow up.
Answered 1/29/2012
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Autoimmune: Jra (also called jia) for juvenille idiopathic arthritis is a disease of unknown etiology. Joint deformity and dysfunction can result from the damage caused by the dysfunctional immune system rheumatologists can provide appropriate diagnosis and treatment which often entails immune suppressants.
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