“Does my daughter have a higher risk of juvenile arthritis if I have rheumatoid arthritis?”
My daughter is starting to feel a lot of pain in her joints and I'm worried that it could be some form of arthritis. I was diagnosed with RA a while ago, and I heard that the gene can carry over and she seems to have very similar symptoms to what I have. Could she have juvenile arthritis?
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Genetics play at most a minor role in juvenile arthritis as in most human disease. The human genome project failed to identify causes for the vast majority of human disease. If she has symptoms such as persistent joint pain/swelling/warmth/redness and morning stiffness, she should be evaluated by a pediatric rheumatologist.
