Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, also known as Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, is different from old peoples arthritis. This is an autoimmune problem that needs to be followed with a rheumatologist. The questions and confusion you and your mother are having are both very common and understandable.This is a complicated condition - you and your mother should both go to the next appointment to ask all these questions and more. If you have doubts about her diagnosis or want the test results or discharge summary explained better, talk to her rheumatologist ASAP.Keep taking the NSAID she was prescribed as directed - this is a safe long-term treatment to reduce inflammation (you said Indomethacin in another post). Dont stop her treatment on your own without talking with her doctor.Read more here:https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/arthritis/juvenile-idiopathic-arthritis
NAD.OP, Is the rash painful and burning? Do they resemble hives?I ask because two of my neighbors and three other friends, ages ranging from 16-65 have something very similar. Doctors can't explain it. The 16 year old has been at Stanford Children's for almost a year, and the 65 year old had success being treated with steroids after only a month. Same affliction.They look like hives yes but they come and go on multiple parts of her body within minutes. She says it hurts where the spots are as well