Hi since i can rememeber i have swelling and pain in my knees and joints, but recently about the last year or so the pain has come into my hip and left side of my back, and my toe joint is also swollen and aches the same ache as my legs and back do. I have been to the doctors and he hasnt said what it is yet, he used to tell me it was growing pains but now i am older and there is pain in other areas im thinking it could be something else i think the doctor also thinks this as there is nothing i do that can cause my joints to swell, The pain is always there and the i was given ibuprofen and it takes the swelling down a little, but as soon as i stop taking them it come back swollen and very sore. my legs and also my foot and toe. Dose arthritis spread? I have to go back to get my joints checked but i dont want to mention arthritis. As i aint really sure about the symtoms.