Conditions treated by the Rheumatology department

The department treats a range of inflammatory rheumatological conditions, including:

• juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are a group of different types of arthritis including:
  • arthritis associated with other chronic diseases
  • scleroderma including systemic sclerosis and localised scleroderma 
• juvenile dermatomyositis
• vasculitides including:
  • Kawasaki disease
  • polyarteritis nodosa
  • other vasculitides
• systemic lupus erythematosus
• overlap connective tissue disease
• chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis
• periodic fever syndromes including:
  • familial mediterranean fever (FMF)
  • Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndrome (CAPS)
  • other genetic periodic fevers

Our colleagues in the Ophthalmology team provide care and treatment for uveitis (inflammation inside the eye), which affects many children and young people who have JIA. 

We’ve co-developed videos with children and young people at GOSH to help explain more about uveitis.