Different types of Juvenile Arthritis
Medically, seven different types of juvenile arthritis include:
- Oligoarthritis, pauciarticular and monoarticular arthritis
- Extended oligoarthritis
- Systemic onset arthritis
- Polyarticular arthritis – (where rheumatoid factor is negative)
- Polyarticular arthritis – (where rheumatoid factor is positive )
- Enthesitis related arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
These complicated sounding different types of arthritis help doctors to decide on the best line of treatment and long-term prognosis.
