Inflammation is a term often used both by medical professionals
and by laymen to refer to a condition on some part of the body. It
results from the body's immune system's efforts to protect the body from
stress, infection or toxins. The inflammatory condition is created by
the activation of certain proteins that can protect the cells and
tissues. In this sense, inflammation can be beneficial to your health.
When the inflammatory condition is visible, as it is when you have a sore throat, fever or swelling of the glands, it is good for your health because it protects your body by fighting infection. An inflammatory response can also help you when you sense danger by releasing adrenaline to prepare you to fight or flee away from the danger depending on your perception of the best course open to you.
But there is another kind that can result from harmful bacteria, fatty foods etc. that can be harmful. It can affect your health in several ways.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) results when your digestive track is attacked by the immune cells clustering around your intestine. This manifests as diarrhea, ulcers or cramps. A serious condition may even require your intestine to be removed surgically. Several factors like stress, antibiotics, environment and genetics may cause this.
Inflammatory conditions may occur in the joints resulting in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). RA may be caused by factors like Vitamin D deficiency, Salty Diets and Smoking. While RA causes stiffness and pain in the inflamed joints, there is a risk of a patient's other organs including the eyes getting affected.
An injury on any part of your body can lead to an inflammatory condition. A bruise on the walls of the blood vessels or the formation of plaque in the arteries due to accumulation of fat can result in blood clots and can even lead to the development of a heart disease. The protein Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been identified as the culprit causing these problems.
People who have excess fat due to unhealthy eating habits as well as people enjoying robust health can be attacked by inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, celiac disease etc, diseases which often trigger heart diseases and cancer of the lung, esophagus, cervix and digestive tract and colorectal cancer. Since inflammation results in the slackening of immune regulation by the cells of the body, cancer cells begin to grow unchecked.
If several organs of the body are inflamed, it will affect the growth of bones and may lead to loss of bones by preventing the replacement of damaged parts of the bone through growth of new bones. Inflammatory conditions in the gastrointestinal tract and bowels and rheumatoid arthritis, can affect the bone growth.
This chronic condition can affect your skin in the form of Psoriasis, by causing skin cells to grow too fast. Losing weight has been found to provide relief against psoriasis since excess weight is conducive to inflammatory conditions.
Depression can cause inflammatory conditions in the brain.
When the inflammatory condition is visible, as it is when you have a sore throat, fever or swelling of the glands, it is good for your health because it protects your body by fighting infection. An inflammatory response can also help you when you sense danger by releasing adrenaline to prepare you to fight or flee away from the danger depending on your perception of the best course open to you.
But there is another kind that can result from harmful bacteria, fatty foods etc. that can be harmful. It can affect your health in several ways.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) results when your digestive track is attacked by the immune cells clustering around your intestine. This manifests as diarrhea, ulcers or cramps. A serious condition may even require your intestine to be removed surgically. Several factors like stress, antibiotics, environment and genetics may cause this.
Inflammatory conditions may occur in the joints resulting in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). RA may be caused by factors like Vitamin D deficiency, Salty Diets and Smoking. While RA causes stiffness and pain in the inflamed joints, there is a risk of a patient's other organs including the eyes getting affected.
An injury on any part of your body can lead to an inflammatory condition. A bruise on the walls of the blood vessels or the formation of plaque in the arteries due to accumulation of fat can result in blood clots and can even lead to the development of a heart disease. The protein Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been identified as the culprit causing these problems.
People who have excess fat due to unhealthy eating habits as well as people enjoying robust health can be attacked by inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, celiac disease etc, diseases which often trigger heart diseases and cancer of the lung, esophagus, cervix and digestive tract and colorectal cancer. Since inflammation results in the slackening of immune regulation by the cells of the body, cancer cells begin to grow unchecked.
If several organs of the body are inflamed, it will affect the growth of bones and may lead to loss of bones by preventing the replacement of damaged parts of the bone through growth of new bones. Inflammatory conditions in the gastrointestinal tract and bowels and rheumatoid arthritis, can affect the bone growth.
This chronic condition can affect your skin in the form of Psoriasis, by causing skin cells to grow too fast. Losing weight has been found to provide relief against psoriasis since excess weight is conducive to inflammatory conditions.
Depression can cause inflammatory conditions in the brain.
