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Autoimmune Diseases

Autoimmune disease is when the immune system mistakenly begins attacking healthy cells and tissues.

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Juvenile Ankylosing Spondylitis

Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis affects the spine and the sites where the muscles, tendons, and ligaments attach to bone.

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Juvenile Dermatomyositis

Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare autoimmune disorder in which a child’s immune system attacks blood vessels throughout his body, causing muscle inflammation.

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Lupus

Lupus causes the immune system to mistakenly attack the body. It’s unpredictabe: It can affect many parts of the body at the same time.

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Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the U.S.

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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), also called pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome temporally related to SARS CoV-2 (PMIS or PIMS-TS), is a potentially serious illness in children that appears to...

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Pediatric Fibromyalgia and Musculoskeletal Pain

Fibromyalgia is when pain is being set off by things that feel painless to most people — getting a friendly pat on the back, for instance.

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Rheumatic Fever

Rheumatic fever is a systemic immune disease that affects the joints, skin, heart, blood, vessels, and brain.

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Sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease that results in granulomas, which are small, rounded growths consisting of blood vessels, cells, and connective tissue.

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Scleroderma

Scleroderma is a chronic autoimmune condition that leads to scarring of the skin, joints, and other internal organs.

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