What is inflammation and how it occurs: doctors explain

When there is some kind of infection in the body, you may have a fever, when you have arthritis, you will have pain

joints. All this – examples of inflammation that appear in the human body.

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Inflammation itself – this is the important partthe body's normal immune response. Problems can arise precisely if the body's reaction is excessive or delayed.

In general, inflammation can be called all the actions of the human immune system associated with fighting infections, recovering from injury, or getting rid of toxic molecules.

There are five classic symptoms of acute inflammation in the body. Among them – pain, heat, redness, loss of organ function, swelling.

Sometimes the inflammation can become chronic or arise due to improper functioning of the body. Then the damage that is caused by it can be detrimental.

An example of such inflammation – allergy. It occurs when the human immune system mistakenly perceives harmless substances as dangerous.

And chronic inflammation is dangerous because itover time leads to tissue damage and the development of many diseases. Including cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, obesity, diabetes, certain types of cancer.

The immune system can also mistake its own organs and tissues for "invaders". In this case, autoimmune diseases develop.

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