The invisible persistence of pain

Some days …

This pain can last more than three months

This can be chronic pain

Chronic pain is one of the most underestimated health care problems worldwide

Only in England one out of three people suffer from chronic pain

If a bee stings us, a signal arrive to the brain, which activates an alarm system, and we feel the pain

This is acute pain

When pain is chronic, the brain’s alarm system is always on

We experience persistent pain

If 100 people suffer of chronic pain

65 have pain in one area

21 have pain in two areas

14 have pain in three or more areas in their body

Some days…