Still’s DiseaseStill’s Disease

Kala Dunn5-124th

How’d It Get There?

• The cause of Still’s Disease is not yet known.

• However, there are theories about what causes Still’s Disease.

• One group believes that Still’s Disease is an hypersensitive autoimmune disorder.

• Another believes that it is caused by an infection from a microbe

• There are many other theories about how it comes to affect us.

What’s It Like?

• Still’s disease is a form of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

• It is not commonly found in adults.• If you have Still’s disease you experience

a translucent salmon colored skin rash. You do not normally experience itching.

• Also, you will experience waves of high fevers. Then your temperature will quickly go back to normal or below.

Living With It

• Still’s Disease causes systemic symptoms.• It can cause swelling if the lymph nodes,

enlargement of the spleen and liver, and also a sore throat.

• Some patients have experienced pleuritis and pericarditis.

• Occasionally fluid accumulates around the heart or lungs causing pleural effusion or pericardial effusion.

• Eventually everyone with this disease will develop joint pain and swelling.

Treatment

• Treatment of Still's Disease is directed toward the individual areas of inflammation.

• It is controlled using anti-inflammatory drugs.– These include many

different types of aspirin.– They also include other

non-steroid drugs.

• For persistence cases medicine is used that affects the inflammatory aspects of the immune system.

• Steroid medications are used when the symptoms become to severe.

• There is research being conducted on this disease and other medications that help.

• There is no way to prevent Still’s Disease because we do not yet know the cause of it.

Images

The rash that is associated with Still’s Disease.

Summary

• Description: Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis• Cause: Unknown• Symptoms: Systemic: Periods of absence

and appearance. Rash, Fever, Inflammation, Fluid Accumulation.

• Treatment: Different Medications• Organs Affected:

– Lungs, Heart, Spleen, Liver, Pharynx– Lymphatic System

Sources

• "International Still's Disease Foundation." International Still's Disease Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May 2010. <http://www.stillsdisease.org/>.

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