I’ve had knee pain for the last few days, tried ibuprofen and ice, but it’s still there. The weather has just allowed me to start walking outdoors again, and I really need to walk! The pounds started coming right back on as soon as the weather got cold and rainy and I couldn’t walk. This morning I had to cut my walk short. Walking in the early mornings is the only way I get regular exercise. The Wii Fit is good, but it’s in the same room and the computer and that’s too tempting!

The pain feels like it’s right between the kneecap and the bone that connects on the inside. I have an idea it may be bursitis, but I’m not sure. My grandmother had serious arthritis, and my mother has it some, and I kind of expect that I will too, at some point. I’m 48, so it may be coming sooner than I want!

Can you distinguish between bursitis and arthritis by the way it feels? Or do you know what else this might be? I hope it’s nothing that would involve a muscle relaxant, because the only muscles they relax are my eyelids, and they give me nightmares!

I’d feel kind of silly going to the doctor, because I was just there the other day for something else. I have a toddler to keep up with, and my house is a disaster! Staying off it will be difficult, and I’m not sure if I should try or not, if it would help. I need my body to cooperate! I also have chorus competition coming up, and I really need to wear heels for a few hours that day!

How long should I let this go before I have to see the doctor? Any other advice?

Thanks!
I don’t think I tore anything. Surely I would have noticed at the time!
I have realized that it’s on both sides of the kneecap, between the kneecap and the leg bones.

hi. i’m 15 year old female. for the past about 6 months i have had a lot of joint pain. at first it was in my knees and they were very swollen. i got one drained and it never came back. after that my wrists and feet started to bother me. after my fingers began to swell up. my joints all swell up. the swelling will lat for a few days and then go away. i have been put on naproxen but it hasn’t helped. what do you think this is? i’ve gone to many doctors and gotten blood tests and it seems to be fine. i think it may be a possibility that i have juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, but rhe rheumatologist doesnt seem to be sure and apparently it takes a while to diagnose. what do you think? also, if it is rheumatoid arthritis will i still be able to play volleyball and basketball?

So I went to the doctor a few days ago, because I have been having horrible lower back pains, and i am currently abroad, so my host mom thought it might be my kidneys or my pilondial cyst, but the doctor said it was my lower back and that was all.

I have had hip pains in my right hip since I was a child, but we never had it checked out, it was suggested maybe i had juvenile arthritis and that was what we accepted and never got it looked at. But for the past two weeks I have had horrible lower back pain, and I get horrible hip pains once at least every three weeks.

At the moment we are doing nothing about it, and I am considering going home to get everything checked out, even to just find that I have just arthritis in my hips, I am just concerned it could be nerve damage I have had for years.

If I sit for long periods of time, its miserable, and I cant walk for more then fifteen minutes comfortabley. I think when i was in middle school they said i had 5° scoliosis but that wasnt a big deal and I have a arch in my back because i have a big butt so laying on my back with out having my knees bent is extremely uncomfortable and i cant bench press with out my feet on the seat.

so any suggestions?

I went to a week long night camp and came back and found a tick on my left hip. The longest it could have been there is 1 1/2 days. It was really really grey and tiny and I had a family member take it out w/ tweezers and my dad was sure it was all out. There was no redness, but the day after it started to get red around it and a few days later it was itchy and the redness spread. About 3 weeks later it started peeling and it still is now. The circle of redness is about 4 inches in diameter, and looks sorta like sunburn and peels like sunburn. It doesn’t look like a bullseye rash either. It itches just a little bit and I have been putting hydrocortisone and neosporin on it. Do you think I am allergic to tick bites or what? Should I go to the doctor?

I haven’t had any lyme-disease symptoms but it is hard to tell for joint soreness because I have mild juvenile arthritis. I feel fine otherwise. I take multiple medications for that and I have been on antibiotics for an infected ingrown toenail, but I am off of it tomorrow.

My grandmother has had rheumatoid arthritis for a fair amount of time now. She was recently hospitalised for a few days, then released home under conditions of a family member moving in with her. Furthermore, she has had severe blood clots in her lower legs (the reason for hospitalisation), great difficulty talking or walking, and overall great fatigue. Should we b expecting her to pass away within a few days, or is there still more time?

~Thank you for any and all responses during this time
In response to the nurse who replied-
She is currently 79 going on 80 and in very poor general health. She has chosen to go against doctor’s orders and self-medicate her medicine- meaning she takes it very rarely, if ever. She falls constantly and has had events similar to a seizure.

My beloved 11 yo Spinone is getting stiff in her shoulders, sometimes her rear slides out. She is 80 lbs, and very happy + healthy otherwise. Cleared for hip dysp as a youngster.

She had valley fever but titre-d down and all has been well for a long while.

She would not jump off the bed on Monday, and could not reach a treat on the floor. I elevated food + h20, still had some Rimadyl which vet said to give, and She seems quite fine now. I will decrease dose over next few days + see how she does.

Rimadyl does work. Cleared it up quickly–about 1+1/2 days.

Question: I’d like to know what folks are supplementing, ie what is working for you. She was on Cosequin DS, but I have run out and now wondering if something might be better.
Syn-flex? Shark cartilage? Green lipped mussells? CostCo TriFlex? There is so much out there?

She got very little exercise this summer as it was unbearably hot, and now I am afraid to walk her too much as I don’t want to exacerbate her pain.

Suggestions?
Also wondering about how much walking she can handle…how should I gauge this? Don’t want to go too hard and find her out of it the next day…

i’m 14 years old
and i started cross country in the fall, and for no (apparent) reason, my knee got really hard to walk on, and slightly swollen
i went to the doctor who gave me 800mg ibuprofen and my knee was fine by the next day
winter track started two weeks ago
and last week during practice, for no (apparent reason) my ankle kinda hurt…and i thought i saw a bruise but the next day it was gone, but my ankle was hurting more and was badly swollen and i took xray it isnt broken so i went to the docs a few days ago and she gave me more ibuprofen which isnt working too well, and took a test for rheumatiod arthirits
and i’m really scared bc my ankles still swollen and i really dont want to have it coz i plan on doing sports my whole life!!!
do u think i have it or maybe i’m prone to injuries and its just sprained
PLEASE HELP!!

I was wondering does methrotrexate make u feel groggy and tired for a few days and if anyone knows when that side affect wears off. oh i am also taking folic acid as a supplement

I was on 40mg tabs and ran out. Then the pain in the back of my knee went away when I stopped taking it for a few days. Is there a possible link?

My daughter is pregnant (1-2 months). She suffers from arthritis and since a few days ago has had swelling fingers in feet and hands. Normally she takes Celebrex, but now she cannot take it. Ginger and Tylenol with codeine have been recommended. What else she can do?