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I am 31 and have RA which was first diagnosed as JRA when I was 6/7 years old. When I was about 10 months old, I began to have high fevers which were accompanied with seizures. They thought I had rosiola?? All through my childhood, high fevers were prevalent. Now my 2 1/2 year old son has been diagnosed with JRA. He started the high fevers with  febrile seizures at about 1 year. He's had 4 febrile seizures now, which is more than I had as a child. I'm wondering if there is a coorelation between JRA and  febrile seizures. Does anyone have experience with this?My daughter has never had a seizure, but she did run a very high fever (105.1) at about 14 months which they also said was roseola.  She never got the rash or anything that is supposed to come with it, though, so I was always a little skeptical of that dx. I don't have my mom around to check this with... but I dont' recall having any seizure or fever issues prior or after my DX at age 10. 

 
My body temp actually runs well below normal 

 

Suzanne, your daughter's situation sounds very simliar. I never had the rash either and that was a problem when it came to diagnosis. How is your daughter doing?
 
Babs, thanks for the input. Just trying to see if there's a connection.
If you didn't know, you wouldn't know.  She never misses school and just started swim team.  We never treat for pain.  But she still has swelling in her fingers and wrist, and we know that isn't right.  She will have xrays soon, to compare from six months ago, and we will take it from there. Suzanne,
Good luck with your little girl. 
HI my 12 y.o. son Liam started seizures in Aug 07 and JIA July 08?  Let me know if you find any link, thanks Janie.
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