Well, it's turning winter here in South Africa...and with the cold, my joint pain is starting to flair up.

The chondromalatial-osteo arthritis in my knees I am aware of...and have ways and means to deal with it...as well as knowing the cause...

As for the rest of my joints, they flare up differently. It's a dull pain that starts at one joint and progressively spreads to the next joint through the day up to the point where, for instance, my wrist and elbow joint is in intense pain while the arm-bone inbetween is in more minor pain.

My GP seems content with a diagnosis of "Inflammation"...what would be the cause of chronic-inflammation? How much anti-inflamatories can you take before it becomes a health threat?

At a recent visit to a occupational therapist, it was mentioned once again that I have hyper-mobile joints. It really frustrates me because every second Medical-Professional I see says the opposite of the prior one. The one would say that my joints is hyper-mobile...the next would say it's normal, then the next again would say it's not normal...and so on and so forth.