Juvenile Arthritis: The Ultimate Teen Guide (It Happened to Me) (Hardcover)

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A self-help guide for youth, Juvenile Arthritis: The Ultimate Teen Guide will also be useful to family members, friends, and caregivers of those suffering from the disease. Readers get an overview of juvenile arthritis from the point of view of teenagers and their parents, and there are discussions related to diagnosis, symptoms of the disease, its history, and various related conditions.

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.; 1st edition (March 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810860554
• ISBN-13: 978-0810860551
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #570,073 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Kids with Arthritis, April 22, 2009

By	Arthrts Natl Rsrch Fndtn "Arthritis National ... (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Arthritis is a debilitating, painful and progressive disease. Juvenile forms of arthritis are just as virile, often stunting growth and robbing youngsters of their childhood physicality. The effect on families is often devastating. No one seems to know that arthritis so profoundly affects over 300,000 children in America alone.

Kelly Rouba has written a book to give young people and their families the skills and information they need to more effectively deal with their arthritis. This book should be automatic reading for every family with a child diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. The author, herself a victim of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis since the age of 2, gives families hope with her thorough discussion of arthritis research underway. Ms. Rouba is a national spokesperson for the Arthritis National Research Foundation, advocating for young arthritis patients, to increase public awareness of juvenile arthritis and the critical need for research. I applaud Kelly's wonderful gift of this book -- families across the country will benefit immensely.