Juvenile Arthritis Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile Chronic Arthritis, Juvenile I diopathic Arthritis

Abstract Whenever the diagnosis of juvenile arthritis is considered, two important points must be remembered. First, fever and rash should not be present in children with juvenile arthritis except in those with systemic-onset arthritis. If a child with arthritis has fever or a rash, a strong effort must be made to exclude infectious causes. Fever, rash, and arthritis may be present in Lyme disease, reactive arthritis, and a variety of other diseases that are not juvenile arthritis, including sarcoid, lupus, and IBD.