I was once 18, but can't relate.
One of the posters on another forum that I frequent (totally not health oriented, but such things
get brought up) has an 18 year old daughter, who apparently has joint pain, so much so that she cut
down on her soccer activity.
At any rate, her M.D. ran arthritis test & said she didn't have that & suggested ibufrofin when
necessary.
So she took the girl to a "naturlistic doctor", who looked at the girl's tongue & nails & said she
does not "eliminate correctly" & is "toxic". Also, she's "estrogen dominant", as apparently are 95%
of the American Caucasian women & lots of the African-American women, though this is unhead of
supposedly in other cultures per the alt. med practioner.
So what does this mean? They're apparently completely changing her diet to eliminate wheat & dairy,
etc. etc. but I wonder about the diagnosis? Can anyone suggest what else might bew causing her joint
pain (I think she has a few other health problems, but that's the main one).