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What Causes Fever Along With Swelling And Pain In Knees?

hi,my daughter is suffering from JIA for last 4 years,currently she is on methotraxate(weekly),omnacortil 2.5mg daily and neproxen 250mg(half tablet)daily is doing well currently. every 6-8 months she starts getting high grade fever and swelling and pain in knees and ankles. pls guide me if her problem will be controlled in future or are there chances that her symptoms gets worsen in future.
Thu, 11 Dec 2014
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as you know jia is a chronic problem, so when she has flare ups of disease her medication will have to be increased accordingly.
so there is no way to tell whether the problem will go away,
however sometimes as they grow older the problem becomes less
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What Causes Fever Along With Swelling And Pain In Knees?

as you know jia is a chronic problem, so when she has flare ups of disease her medication will have to be increased accordingly. so there is no way to tell whether the problem will go away, however sometimes as they grow older the problem becomes less