premature arthritis?

im fifteen and getting very worried about all of my joints (especially my hips, shoulders, and spine) keep cracking everytime i move, sometimes can be very painful, but others its just loud enough for others to hear but causes me no pain... its been going on for about a year now. I just wanted to see what it was.

[carolanivey]

While no one is too young to get rheumatoid (auto-immune) arthritis (I've had it since age 5), the symptoms you're describing don't sound typical of the onset of the disease. If you are worried, see a doctor and ask for a referral to a rheumatologist, who is qualified to diagnose a wide variety of musculo-skeletal and auto-immune diseases.