Of the more than 100 rheumatic and autoimmune diseases that can affect children and adolescents, we most commonly see:
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM)
- Spondyloarthritis
- Lyme disease
- Rheumatic fever
- Wegener's granulomatosis
- Takayasu's arteritis
- Scleroderma
- Systemic vasculitis
- Kawasaki disease