For approximately a year or two I have had bad joint pains in my knees. To begin with it was just really painful when bent at a certain angle during and after excessive bending or exercise. My knee’s also used to pop a lot.
September of last year I was tested for rheumatoid’s testing for rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatism, my blood’s came back normal.
My aching knee’s then gradually got worse being painful all the time but some times the pain would be excruciating usually after sudden changes of humidity or temperature or extreme tiredness and sometimes they swell slightly on top. But, now the pain has also traveled up into my hips.
I’m 16 and struggle to stand up for too long or sit down for too long I can’t walk long distances and I can’t run at all I can’t go upstairs and now I can barely walk up onto the pavement and I can’t lift my own legs by themselves. I’m now having to use my hands to move and bend my legs.
I’m also having trouble with my shoulders too which are now also constantly popping like my hips/pelvis (not sure which) and my knee’s, and my elbows also pop (the pop itself is excruciating) when lifting a bag straight up bending my arm at the elbow and then letting it drop.
I’ve also just been tested for celiac’s disease as joint trouble can also indicate this.
My mother suggested Lupus but this is highly unlikely as it is slow and degenerative and usually isn’t noticeable until later years.

Can someone PLEASE suggest something else I can be tested for before I end up in a wheel chair because myself, my mother (who is a nurse) and my two available GP’s have ran out of idea’s.
Please don’t forget that what ever this may be is acually progressive and is getting worse and is more joints than just my knees, so the possibility of it being muscle, tendon or ligament related is unlikely unless there is something that could affect the muscle’s, ligaments or tendons in all these places at once.

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