A Clinician's Guide to Rheumatic Diseases in Children

In the United States alone, roughly 300,000 children suffer from some form of arthritis or rheumatic disease, such as juvenile arthritis, fibromyalgia, scleroderma, or Kawasaki disease, and millions more are at risk of developing one of these diseases. But so often pain in children is dismissed by primary care professionals as "growing pains." In this book for pediatricians and nurses who encounter young patients with musculoskeletal pain, Dr. Lehman provides a step-by-step guide to making accurate diagnoses and referrals and prescribing the proper treatment, reflecting the state-of-the-art in emerging therapies, both traditional and alternative.