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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Tamika Henry, founder of the Unlimited Health Institute, based in Los Angeles.
Dr. Henry is on a mission to raise awareness for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. As a child she was diagnosed with the illness juvenile idiopathic arthritis. JIA is a form of arthritis in children. Arthritis causes joint swelling, inflammation and joint stiffness. JIA is arthritis that affects one or more joints for at least six weeks in a child age 16 or younger.
Dr. Henry talks about what causes juvenile arthritis, the symptoms, how it is diagnosed, complications and treatments.