Inflammation

Inflammation & Inflammation Soup

• Inflammation as a Defense Mechanism:

• • First alert

  • Brain

  • • Your brain is immediately interested in inflammation.

    • Cut to the front of the line!

    • Starts the process to engage your white blood cells and immune response.

    • Through release of chemicals from the damaged cells.

• Inflammation Soup

• • What starts as your first alert leads to continued swelling

  • Natural alarm to nervous system initiates additional nociception sensors to the affected area.

  • However, starts a cycle that includes more swelling and more nociceptive sensors, elongating the presence of inflammation.

• Anti-Inflammatories: reduce the chemicals produced in your blood cells, to help deactivate the first alert system.