CRANIOCEPHALGIA AND PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL BACKGROUND OF SICK CHILDREN WITH JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Chronic progressive JRA disease requires regular examination and long-term treatment, and often leads to the development of psycho-emotional disorders in children and adolescents. Frequent headaches, anxiety, emotional stress, astheno-neurotic reactions contribute to the formation of difficulties in communicating with parents, teachers, healthy peers and, thus, cause social maladaptation.