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KMID : 0363420090230010073
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Journal of Korean Oriental Pediatrics
2009 Volume.23 No. 1 p.73 ~ p.83
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A Case Report of Systemic Type Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis with Fever and Eruption
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Yoo Chang-Kil
Lee Yun-Ju
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study is to report a case that has an important meaning as a result of treating Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. We investigated a patient who had to maintain his life with western medicines such as DMARDs, NSAIDs and steroids for a long time. The patient has recovered from all symptoms and his ESR, CRP has been back to normal range with oriental medicine treatment.
Methods: The patient had fever, especially repeated fever during the afternoon, pain and swelling of joints, generalized skin eruption, anorexia, delayed growth, weight loss, fatigue. So we treated him with herbal medicine and reduced his western medicine. The aim of treatment was recovery from Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis after discontinuance of all western medicine.
Results: The symptoms of systemic type Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis was vanished and the patient maintains his condition with oriental medicine treatment after stopped all DMARDs such as MTX(methotrexate) and NSAIDs. His ESR and CRP levels were back to the normal range. After this treatment the patient’s height and weight has been increased which showed a significant meaning in growth to the child.
Conclusions: This study showed that oriental medicine can elevate the Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis patient’s quality of life with continuous health care and treatment for major problem. For more accurate studies, further studies would be needed with more cases.
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KEYWORD
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Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic type Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Oriental medicine treatment
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