will gym workouts it cause more damage to the joints?
Im 23 years old and suffer from joint pains especially on my knees.
im suspected of having rheumatoid arthritis.

i have JA ( juvenile arthritis ) and i recently made friends with someone and they have the same symptoms as me apart from her joints do not swell up and become warm etc. she has had tests and they came back normal, she has had xrays and physical examinations and is going for an appointment on wednesday but she has no idea what it could be.. do any of you have ideas on what it could be? arthritis is not an answer unless it could be osteoarthritis?? but it is in every joint from her toes right up to her neck… were both really confused??

In the eighteen years of my existence I have lived among the ill, the disabled, and the unfortunate. I, personally, am a part of the disabled and have faced many challenges in my life. From the day of my diagnosis with Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic JRA, I was told that I will never be able to succeed in life as this condition will hold me back, to a point where I can never function like a normal person. My goal was to prove this statement wrong. At the diagnosis of my condition I had to start methotrexate, chemotherapy, this challenged my life with uncontrollable bouts of sickness. My first year back to school with this disease, I missed sixty-three days of school and from that I knew my road in life would no longer be simple, but a constant struggle between balancing school, work, and my sickness. With my hopes dwindling, that I would never be able to function as a normal person, I was shown a summer camp with kids just like me with the same diseases and treatments. I attended this camp and took classes to deal with my arthritis in numerous ways to reduce the struggles upon my life, which resulted in me being able to stop all chemotherapy treatments as I took control of my life. This camp was a very influential part of my life as methods to deal with my illness are continuously used by me. On one of my later in life volunteer experiences, I volunteered at an elderly home. I entered the volunteer work just looking to complete volunteer credits and be done with such a program, but this home changed my life for all the days in my life to come. In that elderly home I was able to connect with people of conditions similar to mine as that of the summer camp. I showed them the same tricks that I was shown in my camp to reduce strain upon one’s joints, to increase motion in the afflicted joints, and methods to reduce pain and suffering of one’s self. After about a week all the seniors had gained new life and appeared to have washed away the sands of time from themselves. I enjoyed helping these elderly people and I feel I made a difference in their lives. On one day of work it was family day. It brought tears to my eyes when I saw grandparents running and playing with their grandchildren, something they had never been able to do before. This course of volunteer work was so influential upon me I continued to help people through my life and continue to this day.
I, to this very day, have had to deal with the challenges of life plus my condition. I was told that with my condition I would never be able to function like a normal person and I set out to prove them wrong. I believe I did what I said I would do. My personal gain from this life experience which I will grow with is that I have an absolute love of helping others. From this time I have decided that to be happy in life and to continue to endure happiness I need to be upon the end of giving help to others. So it would be in my benefit if I could be a doctor of any sort. I would be able to display my need to help others in way of challenging myself and proving that I can be normal by taking upon one of the hardest challenge of life, becoming a doctor that would benefit not only patients but in return myself.

anything to help at all. most "legit" help is the best answer

i went and saw a Rheumatologist because my regular doctor didn’t come up with anything,
i have pretttty bad joints; my knee first happened, and now it’s alllll over my body,
i have pretttty bad digestive problems too, like, every time i eat, i have to go to the bathroom, which basically doesn’t allow me to gain that much weight. im pretty small, 5′3" 115 lbs. im still healthy, but they’re fairly worried that from going to the bathroom so frequently im losing nutrients,
i got tested for Lupus, Celiac Disease, Chrones Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile Arthritis, and they couldn’t come up with anything other than those that link the two;
any help?

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?

Ok so Im a 16 year old male and for about a year I have had pain in one of my knees, it comes and goes randomly but when it happens it hurts to bend it or move it at all. But about 3months ago more joints have bothered me they arent in pain but they irritate and I just have to move them in odd ways. Id like to also point out I was in a car accident last year where the knee bothering me now was hurt. I really doubt anything is broken cuz i doubt i could walk on it at all and if something was torn it would hurt constantly wouldnt it, but i started to think of juvenile arthritis but theres rarely swlling and i dnt have a fever. Any ideas or suggestions on what it could be? or things i should ask my doctor about?

I am seeing the doctor tomorrow, but just in case he does not know and sends me for a few weeks of tests, i was wondering if anyone might have a guess, that i could suggest to the doc.

been going on for two weeks. i have Psoriatic arthritis, a type of arthritis that does not stay in one joint, but moves to other joints, and i can be pain free for months, or the pain can be no worse then when you strain a muscle. i do not believe it is Psoriatic arthritis.

knee hurts all the time, can not put weight on it, bend it, straighten it, lay down or elevate it. extreme pain when knee is at its bending limits, fully straight or fully bent.

no swelling, not warm, not painful to touch. no loss of feeling or discoloration to rest of leg.

pain is in the knee, under knee cap, not in a muscle.

pain can not be pinpointed to a part of the knee.

foot is turned about 1/4 turn out. meaning, when standing straight, both feet should be side by side and pointing straight ahead. mine, points about a 1/4 turn outward. it is the right knee, so the foot points away from my body. normally, both feet would be at "12 o’clock".. one of mine is at "12 o’clock" the other is at 2 o’clock".
i can turn it straight, with no more pain than anything else, but it does not feel normal. like when you turn your foot a 1/4 turn, you have to hold it there. if you take a step, it returns to straight, unless you hold it out.
i did not notice the 1/4 turn until yesterday, i do not believe it has been that way for two weeks, i think the foot just turned.
i realize we will hold a foot in an unnatural stance when in pain, if that feels better, but i am not holding it turned.

any guesses?

In February of 2007 i was 14 years old and i suddenly got juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. For about a year i the symptoms were really bad. than they got better and better until they nearly didn’t bother me anymore or even phased me. Now 17 and from time to time i still get a bit of the rashes and very rarely my joints start to hurt but it goes away the next day. I know its not "gone" but will it ever? am i going to have it for the rest of my life? will it get even worse again when i get older?

I also feel pains around my knuckles and such places.

Thanks for your help.
Thanks Sandoz. Im 34 Yrs old, i’ve been feeling the pains for a long while now, but it looks like it gets worse as i grow older. I have not seen my doc yet, i only suspect that it may be arthritis because my parents had it too, my mum before she turned 40. hope this is clear enough?
In addition, i feel the pains mostly in my joints.

I have a 2 year very active male blue heeler. He shows signs of what lameness kind of like "walking on eggshells," on days of exercise. Sometimes even days when he hasn’t been. At first I thought it was juvenile arthritis, but he doesn’t show any more stiffness in the mornings unlike our other dog we had who had arthritis. In fact, he seems better in the mornings.

He is very uncomfortable with us touching right behind where the ends of his pads of his front feet are. If you look at http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Paw_and_pads.jpg/250px-Paw_and_pads.jpg
Between the hair area of C and E is where is pain appears to be. He shows no discomfort around his joints at all. Sometimes there is minor swelling, but nothing excessive.

He’s the kind of dog who jumps 5 feet in the air all 4 feet off the ground.(I’m not exaggerating here.) I am wondering if he has pulled his tendons, and they haven’t had recovery time.
Oh, and he was on shark cartilage/msm for a month, and I saw no improvement. This is why I am thinking this isn’t arthritis.

I’m thinking he pulled something and he hasn’t had the time to recover. It hasn’t gotten better, so hes going to the vet Monday.