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Vaccines and Immuno-suppression

If your child is taking methotrexate, enbrel, humira, infliximab, tofacitinib, rituximab or tocilizumab, he or she should not have any LIVE vaccines. This means no rotavirus, MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), chickenpox (Zoster), BCG or Yellow Fever vaccines (among others). If you're not sure whether a vaccine is live or not, please contact usÌýto check. Your child is encouraged to have all other (non-live) vaccines, including a yearly flu vaccine.

RCH and APRG* rheumatology resources for patients and families

• Glossary
• Finding the support you need
• Finding the support you need: a guide for adolescents
• How others can help
• Joint injections and sedation
• ´óÏóÊÓƵ joint injections - a guide for adolescents
• Helping your teenager become more independent in their health care
• Becoming more independent in your healthcare: a guide for adolescents
• Breathing and relaxation strategies
• Breathing and relaxation strategies: a guide for adolescents
• Helping your child manage pain during procedures
• - Arthritis Australia handout

Information about specific medications

• (eg brufen, naprosyn, voltaren, celebrex etc)
• - Arthritis Australia handout
• Ìý- Arthritis Australia handout forÌýadults
• - UK website for adults
  
• - Arthritis Australia handout forÌýadults
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• Methotrexate - how to give injections at home
• - Arthritis Australia handout
• Subcutaneous Methotrexate - parent information
  
• Ìý(endep) - Arthritis Australia handout
• Ìý- Arthritis Australia handout
• Ìý- Arthritis Australia handout
• - Arthritis Australia handout
• - Arthritis Australia handout
• - Arthritis Australia handout
• - Arthritis Australia handout
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Resources about Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)

• Information for KidsÌýwith JIA
• Information for Young PeopleÌýwith JIA
• Physiotherapy and JIA
• Physiotherapy and JIA: a guide for adolescents
• General information about JIA
• Information for teachers
• Information for sports teachers
• Managing the impact of JIA on your child's life
• Managing the impact of JIA on your family
• Medication overview for JIA
• Treatments commonly used for JIA
• Your pre-schooler with JIA

Information about other conditions; see also the Links page

• (JDM) - Arthritis Australia handout
• (Morphoea) -ÌýArthritis Australia handout
• (SLE or Lupus) - PRINTO UK website
• Ìý-ÌýArthritis Australia handout on uveitis
• Ìý(CRMO) -ÌýArthritis Australia handout
• Ìý(FMF)Ìý-ÌýArthritis Australia handout
• (HSP) - PRINTO UK website
• Reactive Arthritis -ÌýArthritis Australia handout
• - PRINTO UK website
• Ìý(benign noctural limb pains) - Arthritis Australia handout
• Anterior knee painÌý- RCH Orthopaedics and Physiotherapy dept
• Ìý- Arthritis Australia handout
• Sever's DiseaseÌý- Victorian Paediatric Orthopaedic Network
  
• Ìý- Arthritis Australia handout
• Flat feetÌý- Victorian Paediatric Orthopaedic Network
• Osgood-Schlatter's - Victorian Paediatric Orthopaedic Network
• Posture and spine careÌý- Victorian Paediatric Orthopaedic Network
• Ìý- RCH Orthopaedics and Physiotherapy dept
• IntoeingÌý- Victorian Paediatric Orthopaedic Network
• HypermobilityÌý- RCH Orthopaedics and Physiotherapy dept
• Ìý-ÌýArthritis Australia handout
• - Arthritis Australia handout
• Ìý- Arthritis Australia handout

Resources for Adolescents

• Finding the support you need: a guide for adolescents
• ´óÏóÊÓƵ joint injections - a guide for adolescents
• Becoming more independent in your healthcare: a guide for adolescents
• Breathing and relaxation strategies: a guide for adolescents
• Anakinra - how to give injections at home: a guide for adolescents
• Information for Young PeopleÌýwith JIA
• Physiotherapy and JIA: a guide for adolescents

Ìý*APRG: Australian Paediatric Rheumatology Group, of which RCH is a member