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5 days agoGreig WatsonNottinghamSuppliedAlfie's problems started with a sore knee but spread to his fingers and jaw"We thought it was just growing pains but we knew there was something wrong when it stopped him playing football. "When Alfie, then aged seven, began to limp his parents, and initially his GP, believed it was a normal part of his childhood. But when the problem did not clear up, he underwent a series of tests, which diagnosed juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Now nine, Alfie is back playing his beloved sports but his mother, Laura, said: "It's a bit of an invisible disease and not many people know about it - so keep asking those questions. "The family, from Keyworth in Nottinghamshire, said the first symptoms were soreness in his legs. "We thought it was just a knock on the knee but it didn't go away," Laura said. "So we had lots of back to the hospital, to and fro and that's when they told us - and it was something we had never heard of.

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