![]() Her energy level and overall health are routinely up and down, and life revolves around the latest lab report. Daisy reads to her little sister, Selene. Daisy’s treatment includes painful intravenous immunoglobulin therapy delivered through a port in her chest every month, along with other medications. There is no known cure for the disease.ĭepending on symptoms, children are treated with existing therapies normally used for other conditions. JM currently affects 3,000 to 5,000 kids younger than 16, or about one to three per 1 million people, in the United States. The immune system of children with the disease attacks blood vessels, causing skin rashes and muscle weakness and inflammation. It’s not obvious to most people she meets, but Daisy suffers from a rare autoimmune disease called Juvenile Dermatomyositis, or JM. Her earnestness stems from life experience. ![]()
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