Kickas.org Forums Rheumatoid Arthritis General Discussion #1 RA Web Support Group juvenile idiopathic arthritis Enthesitis-related

I'm sorry to hear your child is suffering. I was diagnosed with JRA (now called JIA) as a child with identical symptoms as your child. Now I have RA & AS and several SLE markers. What helped me most as a child was being in deep water for at least an hour per day. It didn't seem to matter if it was the ocean or a swimming pool, as long as I could move around freely without my feet touching the bottom. To this day 75F water is the best for me because it's cold enough to let me move without increasing the joint swelling. For pain I prefer a low dose of muscle relaxer over everything else. I'm allergic to wheat, almonds, cinnamon, and most salicylates.