The former Desert Island Discs presenter, who has fibromyalgia, says it is 'very isolating'.
Broadcaster Kirsty Young has revealed the loneliness of living with chronic pain, describing it as "very isolating".
Fibromyalgia causes pain all over the body and can bring on severe fatigue. Young also has rheumatoid arthritis, which causes pain, swelling and stiffness in the joints. The two long-term conditions are often linked. "There's that sense in which there's always somebody worse off. Well that's true, but if you're in your life, and you are dealing with chronic pain day in, day out, night in, night out, then that's a hell of a thing to deal with."
She said she recognised the many demands on the NHS, but added: "I would say that it would be to the advantage of the overstretched health service to take people with chronic long-term pain seriously and not just palm them off with either a big pack of painkillers or some heavy antidepressants."
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