Is Juvenile Arthritis curable?
Unfortunately, Juvenile Arthritis is not curable at the present time. However, this is not a cause for despair. Rheumatologists have learned that aggressive, early treatment with standard drugs, such as methotrexate and injections of corticosteroids into the joints, can usually prevent significant damage to joints. This, in addition to the increased use of methotrexate coupled with newly discovered biologic agents, such as Etanercept and possibly Infliximab, gives a more optimistic outlook. We encourage people to look at juvenile arthritis as a controllable disease.
