Given that rheumatic diseases are not a scourge that only affects older people, the book Está nas tuas mãos (It is in your hands), whose theme is based on JIA (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis) was launched this month.

In addition to targeting the community in general, the main objective of this book by Margarida Fonseca Santos is to disseminate the topic and help the population deal with rheumatic diseases in children and young people.

According to Filipa Ramos, a rheumatologist in Santa Maria Hospital, this work is “a fundamental aid for the families and teachers to know how to deal with these pathologies”.

It should be emphasized that the revenue obtained from the sales of this book will be given to ANDAI (National Association of Patients with Child Arthritis and Rheumatism).

José António Melo Gomes, rheumatologist and president of ANDAI, Margarida Fonseca Santos, and Filipa Ramos

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