Symptoms of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Your child may have experienced one or more of these symptoms:

joint pain, swelling, tenderness, stiffness, redness and warmth

fatigue (tiredness and lack of energy), fevers, loss of appetite or weight, and generally feeling unwell

skin rashes

inflammation of the eyes (uveitis) and other organs of the body in some forms of the disease.

Any joint in the body may become inflamed but the joints most commonly affected are the knees, hips, hands and feet. Any number of joints might be affected from just one to several.

JIA symptoms can fluctuate – meaning they may vary from day to day, week to week. There will be times when symptoms are worse – these are called ‘flares’ – and then times when they are in remission.

The outlook for children with JIA is usually very positive. The good news is that most children with JIA will not have active symptoms by the time they become adults.