Inflammation is sore, red, hot area around the affected area. Inflammation occurs around the burnt finger, sprained ankle, with high impact etc. It is uncomfortable but it is immune system's task to recruit immune cells to fight infection or respond to tissue damage. This article discusses the multiple causes of inflammation and how it can eventually result in chronic diseases. Inflammation in physiological terms defined as when circulating immune cells detect a bug or a danger signal, they secrete cytokines, so that the immune cells are recruited to kill the invasion.
During this time the permeability of the blood vessels also increases to access the site. Thus the redness, swelling, and pain caused due to the influx of cells and fluids and consequent damage to the local tissue. Once the site is healed or the bugs are killed, healing signals stop inflammation. Inflammation is our…
