What is Inflammation

Sometimes inflammation is obvious – it causes redness, warmth, and/or pain. Inflammation in the body is a normal and healthy response to injury or attack by germs. We can see it, feel it and measure it as local heat, redness, swelling, and pain. This is the body's way of getting more nourishment and more immune activity into an area that needs to fend off infection or to heal.

However, chronic inflammation can be invisible and silent. Chronic inflammation has been linked to cardiovascular diseases. ... Because the cytokines that respond to these insults are in the bloodstream, they can lead to systemic inflammation. Inflamed blood vessels and growing fatty plaque can cause blockages and blood clots, which can cause heart attacks.

Inflammatory skin diseases are the most common problem in dermatology. They come in many forms, from occasional rashes accompanied by skin itching and redness, to chronic conditions such as dermatitis (eczema), rosacea, hives, seborrheic dermatitis, and psoriasis. Skin inflammation can be characterized as acute or chronic.

Eating foods to which you are allergic causes inflammation which makes your adrenal glands secrete hormones which destabilize your insulin and blood sugar levels. ... Thus, food allergies can lead to weight gain, and a high amount of body fat can promote inflammation and exacerbate problems with allergies.

Three years ago, when my body was highly inflamed, but I didn't understand that language. My hives reaction was chronic (long lasting), and sometimes acute. That condition is technically called chronic idiopathic urticaria. My doctor offered me a cream to reduce the itching and antihistamine tablets.

Edit 2022: This is still a minor problem for me. I wonder if anxiety is the driver? I'm very reluctant to admit that I might be anxious. What do I have to worry about? Worry and anxiety are different things. I working now on this website after neglecting it for about 4 years, I've noticed that the itchy skin problem I've had has almost vanished. Maybe more on that later.

Inflammation Laboratory Test (CRP)

Recently at my request, my doctor ordered a C-reactive protein (CRP) test for inflammation. The result was negative. My doctor said that there was medical interest in inflammation, but the test wasn't done very much because nobody knows what to do if the test is positive.

I think I have the solution. Eat a diet that allows you to be in ketosis. When you body burns ketones, it produces very few inflammatory ROS, and your vascular system will become less inflamed.

Usually inflammation is fairly obvious anyway but there are three laboratory tests for it. C-reactive protein (CRP) is one common test for inflammation. The level of CRP increases when you have certain diseases which cause inflammation. CRP can be measured from a blood sample.

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