Girl, six, diagnosed with arthritis after birthday party fall

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'My daughter was diagnosed with arthritis at six'

"She picked herself back up and didn't think anything of it and started dancing again," he said.

"But it was ongoing, taking her to A&E and getting it checked and the swelling just wasn't going down.Keavagh's mum, Leanne Taggart, said they struggled for months to get clear answers on what was wrong."It got to the stage that I had to actually take her out of school because she couldn't mobilise properly."

The autoimmune disease causes the body to release inflammatory chemicals which attack the tissue lining around a joint.

 

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