When I was little, I used to stumble to my mom's bedroom in the middle of the night and cry because of my "knee-aches". She would give me children's aspirin and the pain would sometimes go away but sometimes it would not. I suffered greatly when I was little, as I did not know what this pain was, and my mom was apprehensive about constantly giving me drugs.

When I was 19 and in university, I finally realized that all this pain that I had gone through (and was still going through) might actually be something else. After learning more about health and illnesses, I figured it might be arthritis. I went to the Dr. And finally was diagnosed with it, although all along he had been telling me it was just "growing pains".

I am now in my 30s, and I still deal with this pain, but I take ibuprofen about 3-4 times a week, whenever the pain comes on. Sometimes I try to endure it, but I feel very weak when I do this, and the pain can become pretty brutal.

I have just gone to the Dr. This week and I have had some blood tests for rheumatoid arthritis..Can juvenile arthritis turn into rheumatoid?????

I am worried. Thanks, dal.