Inflammation and disease states
To begin, we have to understand what inflammation actually means. The standard definition of inflammation is: If your body encounters an offensive foreign body (chemicals which are toxic to your system, viruses, bacteria, food sensitivity) or you have an injury, the body responds via the immune system. The immune system initially sends out something called inflammatory cells and another thing called cytokines (cytokines are chemical messengers which cause the stimulation of more inflammatory cells). Often we recognize inflammation by pain, bruising, redness or swelling however inflammation can also affect body systems you are unable to see and not even be aware it is happening. Inflammation can be acute, subacute or chronic depending on the duration of the symptoms. Acute inflammatory is commonly seen after some kind of injury, viral or bacterial infections or exposure to some environmental toxin. Usually onset is very fast and can last for several days. Then...
