• Author has over twenty-five years of experience helping children with bone, muscle, and joint problems get the proper answers-and lead normal lives
• Instructs pediatricians and nurses in how to interpret a child's complaints, make accurate diagnoses and referrals, and prescribe the proper treatment
• Surveys the newest available treatment options
• Provides guidance in how to explain complicated medical information to parents and patients
• Addresses "need to know" topics such as drug safety and risks of medication use in childhood

Readership: Pediatricians and pediatric nurses

"...a valuable guide for primary care providers...who manage patients diagnosed with a rheumatic disease. There are very few resources such as this, and this book helps to fill the gap."

Introduction
How to Use This Book
PART I: A CHILD COMPLAINS OF PAIN
1. Growing Pains?
2. Figuring Out What's Wrong
3. Common Causes of Pain
4. The Child Who Hurts All Over
5. Sports Injuries

PART II: THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES AND RELATED CONDITIONS
6.Why Do Children Get Rheumatic Disease?
7,Juvenile Arthritis
8.Uveitis:Eye Complications of Juvenile Arthritis and Related Conditions
9.Spondyloarthropathies: Enthesitis-associated Arthritis
10. Lyme Disease
11. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
12. Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD)
13. Sjogren's Syndrome
14. Raynaud's Phenomenon
15. Scleroderma
16. Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis
17. Kawasaki Disease
18. Benign Hypermobile Joint Syndrome and Ehlers Dahnlos Syndrome
19. Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
20. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Reflex Neurovascular Dystrophy, and Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
21. Osteoporosis and Osteopenia
22. Genetic Conditions

PART III: LIVING WITH A CHILD WHO HAS A CHRONIC CONDITION
23. Medications and Immunizations
24. Alternative Medicine: Vitamins and Supplements
25. Understanding Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
26. Reconstructive Surgery
27. Family Issues
28. Getting the Best Results
Appendix: Resources
Index