I am a 15 year old male. My middle finger constantly stays sore and pops every time i bend it. I have never broken it, and I don’t think it’s dislocated. Though it is possible that it is. It seems to be worse with bad weather, or when bad events take place. Is it possible to have juvenile arthritis? What can be done to get this pain to stop? Should I see a doctor?
its been about 2 months… i think thats a long time?

I have juvenile arthritis, And i get leg pains like crazy. When i wear heels, when I walk too much, ect. Theres days where I will take up to 3 pills of tylenol or advil, and theres been times where I will take one for a week straight? and lately taking just one isnt doing the work anymore..would this be concidered abuse?

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??

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?

I have juvenile arthritis which means that i cant do sport very often, i just got a new sport teacher who is a total bitch. She says that i can do sport but im just faking it when i have blood tests and specialist notes to prove it. Yesterday i had sport so she got all of the people who wernt doing it (me and about 10 other people) to write over and over that sport is not an optional thing, i tried to tell her that i couldn’t write that over and over because im already doing all of my school work on a laptop. She just started screaming at me and sent me to time out (this thing were they send misbehaving students to sit in the back of a senior class) i felt that i had done nothing wrong so i went outside the school and called my mum on my mobile so she came to the school. We went into the vice principals office and spoke to him about her and he said that it shouldn’t have happened and that he would speak to her. He then wrote a note in my diary saying that if i ever couldn’t participate in sport i was not to be punished. Once i got to my next class one of my friends who was writing lines told me that once i left to go to time out that she said that all i do is sit in the corner feeling sorry for myself and that i should grow up and deal with it. At lunchtime i was called to the yr 8 home room over the PA system. I went and inside there was about 20 people witting in silence. The teacher in there told me that this was detention for not participating in sport so i showed him the note and he said that i needed to show it to my sport teacher, just as he said that she walked in looking angry and glared at me when i walked up to her to show her the note. She just looked at it and said ‘i don’t care if you get the queen of england to write you a note, you still have to participate in sport every lesson.’ i just looked at her and shook my head. At that point i thought it might be a good idea to tell her not to tell people that i sit in the corner feeling sorry for myself so i said ‘i would appreciate that you wouldn’t say that i sit in the corner feeling sorry for myself’ i said it very politely and she just went off screaming HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ME. HOW DARE YOU CALL MUMMY TO SPEAK TO THE VICE PRINCIPAL. I DONT CARE HOW YOU FEEL IN THE SITUATION ITS TRUE, YOU DO FEEL SORRY FOR YOURSELF NOW GET OUT OF MY SIGHT! I just left the room and ignored her and once i got home i told my mum about what she said when i wasn’t there and how she was screaming at me. SHe says that she is going to go up to the school on tuesday (we don’t have school monday because its a pupil free day) and speak to the principal and the vice principal again about her. I don’t really want her to because i know she will just do some more screaming at me afterwards. What do you think i should do
i can do sport sometimes, but ive only had this teacher twice, and both times i have been totally unable to participate and its going to remain that way untill i get more corterzone injections to my wrists and knees. Untill then, even walking is painful.

I have been with my boyfriend for 5 years, we have a 3 year old together, we have plans and goals for the future together. In a sense, we have a good relationship, we get along very well, share a lot of the same interests and worldviews, and consider each other best friends. On the other hand, he often talks down to be, calls me stupid, rides my ass about every little thing and makes me feel bad about myself on a regular basis. I have some health problems and he doesn’t seem to care about them or try to help me out in anyway, there is absolutely no empathy or sympathy on his part and he even goes as far as to tell me why my health problems are MY fault (very well controlled epilepsy, ovarian cysts, and juvenile arthritis). On top of being a mother and taking care of a home, I am a full time nursing student and am often extremely stressed. He seems like he couldn’t care less. I am no angel and I am not trying to make him seem like a bad person, I just don’t feel like he cares. I have tried talking to him about it but he just yells and makes it about himself and tells me that I’m selfish. It turns into one huge screaming match that I just can’t take right now. Whenever he isn’t feeling well or is stressed, I try and do whatever I can for him to make him feel better and I never speak to him the way he speaks to me. I am just not getting the same respect back.

For the past month or so, I have slowly felt myself detach from him. There were times before when I’ve been fed up with him but I always knew deep down that I loved him and tried my hardest to make this work. It would pain me to even imagine life without him. Now, I just don’t care anymore. Life alone with my son is sounding pretty sweet. The funny thing is that we have been getting along very well. I just don’t feel like I love him anymore. I can’t believe that I am actually saying this but I don’t want to be with him anymore. I feel like I can’t bring myself to hurt him. He has worked very hard to provide for our son and I and has supported me while in school. How could I leave him? We moved here from out of state about 3 years ago, his family has slowly migrated here but I have no one. If I leave him I will have to get some crummy job while in school on top of bein alone. I wouldn’t take my son back out of state (to where I’m from) because I would never take him away from his father.

My main concern here is our son. If it wasn’t for him I would have been out of here years ago, I probably wouldn’t have even come here. I am not trying to turn this into a custody battle. My biggest fear would be to lose my son. I don’t have anything. I don’t work, I don’t own a house or a car. I am a student and a mom – that’s it. I don’t know what to do. The only reason why I am staying is because I fear that I would lose my little boy, he is my life! I know that he would take me to court and I know that his mother and sister would be right there along with him trying to take my baby from me. Besides not having anything, I am a great mother and there is no reason for anyone to take my kid from me, I’m just afraid. I don’t know what to do, I am so unhappy.

Advice???

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?

Im 15, and have been having knee pain for 2 years. It started off with juvenile arthritis, so they did a steroid injection. It went away but then the pain started again and the doctor told me it was patellofemoral pain syndrome. I went to physio for a bit but nothing was helping. I play competitive soccer and volleyball. I usually wear a patellofemoral knee brace but it didn’t seem to be working so i stopped wearing it. It doesn’t hurt more or less since i stopped wearing it. It has only been a nuisance.

The pain is located underneath my kneecap and on the tendon and the outside of my knee just above the shin bone on the side.

After hurting my elbow when my dad and I were playing soccer (he tripped me and held onto my arm as I fell; it twisted a bit), I initially had pain in that elbow. My parents did not believe that it was hurt, so I didn’t go see any doctor to fix it.
A year later, I went to the hospital because I simply could not move it. It wasn’t just that it was painful (and so swollen the X-Ray could not see the bones), it was cemented in a limited motion.
The hospital was worried that it could be juvenile arthritis, but didn’t find anything unusual. They put a partial cast on my arm and that’s it.
It’s still stuck in the same way though. Think of a Barbie Doll’s arm; that’s exactly the range of motions mine has. It’s painful and annoying to have your arm not be able to relax (not to mention I look a little silly).
Can anyone help me? I’m at my wits end!
It was a children’s hospital, so I can’t go back (I’m 18 now).
It’s not that it doesn’t respond, it just cannot flex in a range of motions. To try and touch my shoulder feels like I’m bending it backwards. It feels like it’ll snap!

Ever since I could remember I would always get these cramps in my knee. My mom says there from the cold since i walk around barefooted all day because I hate socks and slippers. But im not sure that’s why because i get them in the summer too and recently they’ve been cracking a lot more and hurting a lot more too. All my brothers and sisters get them too and my mom had juvenile arthritis in her knees when she was my age(btw im 14 and im healthy not overweight or anything) could it be genetic? or is it really just from the cold? Maybe growing pains?