Imagine for one moment what it would be like to see your one-year-old constantly in excruciating pain. She can only limp instead of walk, and her sternum throbs because of the high level inflammation in her body. Her mouth is full of blistering ulcers and a temperature rages within her tiny body for days on end, with no respite in sight. She cries out in pain all day and all night, because it feels as if her body is cooking from the inside, attacking her vital organs.

What’s worse, this isn’t a one-off event: it happens on a far too frequent basis.

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