I have ehlers danlos syndrome, which you might want to look up. I wasnt diagnosed til my thirties because no doctor I spoke to had heard of it, and I hadn't either. It's a genetic disorder that causes weakness in the joints.
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I have never been officially diagnosed with this condition, but yeah, I'm double jointed and can easily bend my fingers extra far backwards, dislocate my shoulders at will, and even dislocated a hip once (that was an interesting experience)..
I used to suffer from similar joint pain in my fingers that would be relieved if I popped them. It's a lot better after going on a low inflammation diet, may be worth a try.
Okay, I'm quite open to suggestions..
What sort of 'low inflammation' diet might you suggest?
As a first step I'd try eating only whole foods and cut out refined sugars and carbohydrates, for maybe about 4 weeks, and see how you feel.
It could theoretically be something like ulcerative colitis: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/ulcerative-colitis-and-joint-pain
Even if you have no GI symptoms, its an autoimmune disease so it can affect plenty of other things before you notice GI stuff.
That's unusual. I don't have pain, but an unusual thing I do is sneeze repeatedly while or just after I eat breakfast, and this is only at breakfast.