Introduction:

juvenile idiopathic arthritis is an inflammatory and systemic condition that affects patients under 18 years of age. It encompasses a series of clinical manifestations that in adult age has a common name as established diseases; however, all of them are included under this term in children and adolescents. All its clinical forms have as a common element the presence of an inflammatory condition that generates arthritis; According to the characteristic of the joint taking and the presence of other manifestations, it is that the clinical forms of the disease are defined.

Objective:

to present the clinical and laboratory elements that allow to reach the diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in primary health care.

Clinical case:

the case of a 9-year-old patient with clinical and laboratory manifestations that allow the diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis is presented.

Conclusions:

rheumatic diseases generally affect adult patients, with a predominance of advanced ages; however, it is important to know the diagnostic elements of each of them in order to detect their appearance at early ages of life.

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