Childhood arthritis
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ๐ต ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ.
It started as a rash, persistent fever and some joint pain for nine-year-old Skylar Stewart. After multiple visits to the doctor, the diagnosis was shocking - Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). Arthritis is an autoimmune disease often only associated with the elderly. Itโs painful and so debilitating that some patients struggle to walk without assistance. This is the harsh reality for children suffering with JIA. Expensive though it may be, JIA is treatable. So much so that itโs considered a Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) - a disease that medical aids are obliged to cover. So why are so many of them refusing to pay for treatment for these children? Carte Blanche investigates
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