Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Diseases - Pediatric

Kentucky Children's Hospital Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Diseases clinic offers evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up for children with rheumatologic as well as inflammatory disorders.

Rheumatologic and inflammatory disorders include:

• fever with unknown cause
• periodic fever syndrome
• joint swelling
• acute arthritis
• reactive arthritis,
• acute rheumatic fever
• juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA)
• chronic arthritis
• psoriatic arthritis
• spondyloarthropathy
• other chronic arthritis
• juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM)
• morphea, scleroderma
• mixed connective tissue disease
• uveitis
• vasculitis
• hypermobility syndrome
• limb pain
• pain in rheumatic disorders

Patient referrals

For patient appointments, please ask your primary care provider or pediatrician to make a referral.

Health care providers, please visit our referral page to refer your patient to this service.