User:AdrieBenintendi

Bio

About me

I am a currently going to college to become a grade school teacher. I live in Washington State, and love the rain. I have two dogs, and one fat cat. My interests are golfing, going to the beach, and traveling. I love to spend time with my big family, I have three sisters and one brother. Another fact about me is, I used to live in Oregon on a big farm. We had pigs, cows, horses, and chickens.

My Wikipedia Interests

My Wikipedia interests are probably nonfiction and fiction. In the past I have read many Wikipedia articles on fictional characters, like Derek Shepherd. I have also looked at articles on true events, I have always been into true crime and nonfiction movies and tv series. If I make any edits or create any new articles, they will be either fiction or nonfiction.

Article Evaluation

When I was two years old I was diagnosed with a very rare autoimmune disease Called Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM). I was very interested to read the article about Juvenile Dermatomyositis on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: Treatment , citations, and the photo gallery.

Treatment

While reading the article I was surprised to see that the treatment plans for JDM patients are very outdated. Many JDM patients in the past, would go on high doses of prednisone and plaquenil. But now that so much research has been done on this disease, there are so many new medications that are being used. Many patients are receiving in-patient IVIG which helps provide antibodies that the body of someone with JDM cannot create on its own.

Citations

In this article there were very little citations. I read so much information about Juvenile Dermatomyositis, but none of this information had citations. So where is all this information coming from? Some information was cited and there are references at the bottom of the page, but some are from "the wayback machine" so who knows how outdated they are.

Photo gallery

The photo gallery is a useful source to see photos of what Juvenile Dermatomyositis looks like on the skin, but in this article there is only one photo used. I found it very un-useful too, because it is just a photo of the rash on the face. There are many more places the rash can be found like on the elbows, knees, knuckles, and toes. I found no photos of the rash on these parts of the body.

Conclusion

In conclusion I would rate this article good. The information provided is correct, but is very outdated. The article is also missing some important information, Juvenile Dermatomyositis is a life threatening disease but that information was not provided in this article. I believe that if the article was kept up to date with new medications, photos, and statics of how many children have gone into remission this could be a very useful tool for new patients and their families.