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‘I didn’t know young kids could get arthritis’: Mum of child diagnosed at two
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Ms Shermaine Chia was confused when she learnt about the arthritis diagnosis of her daughter Olivia Oh, because she thought the condition affected only older people.
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SINGAPORE – Olivia Oh was just two years old when she was diagnosed with arthritis in 2019. It all started when her big toe on her right foot became swollen.
Initially, her parents thought she might have fallen and sustained a bone fracture as she had started learning to walk a few months ago.
