Two-Year-old Madilyn Paish was diagnosed with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis in December. He agreed straight away there was something more serious going on and after a week of testing she was diagnosed with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. About one in 1000 children have juvenile idiopathic arthritis - inflammation of the joints in which a cause cannot be identified. Arthritis New Zealand awareness and advocacy manager Francesca Holloway said the impact of juvenile idiopathic arthritis could be significant because most people were not aware it could affect children. If Madi went into remission, any donations not used would be donated to the children's ward at the hospital, Milne said.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 07, 2021 08:26 UTC