A young Scots girl who spent years suffering from a mysterious illness before being diagnosed with juvenile arthritis has spoken about the 'loneliness' she feels living with the condition.
Jessica Rhodes, now 12, was just three-years-old when mum Tanya noticed she was tiring easily when walking to nursery.
The youngster, from Edinburgh, was taken to her GP on multiple occasions and underwent numerous tests but to no avail, with answers over her mystery condition proving hard to come by.