Understanding chronic pain (part one)
b'Chronic pain affects about 40% of the UK population. While there is growing recognition that pain can be an illness in and of itself, there is still a lot we don\\u2019t know. Anand Jagatia hears from fibromyalgia sufferer Vicky Naylor on what it\\u2019s like to live with chronic pain, and the Guardian\\u2019s science correspondent Linda Geddes about the causes for these sometimes debilitating conditions. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod'