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Does Inflammation Harm Your Health?
Thursday 22 August 2019
From Nigerian newspaper The Sun:
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Does inflammation harm your health?
The word “inflammation” traces back to the Latin for “set afire.” In some medical conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, you feel heat, pain, redness, and swelling. But in other cases like heart disease, Alzheimer’s and diabetes, it’s not so obvious. If you didn’t go looking for it with tests, you wouldn’t even know it’s there.
Inflammation actually is good in the short run. It’s part of your immune system’s natural response to heal an injury or fight an infection. It’s supposed to stop after that. But if it becomes a long-lasting habit in your body, that can be bad for you. Long-term or “chronic” inflammation is seen in many diseases and conditions.
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In rheumatoid arthritis, it does damage
What many people think of as “arthritis” is osteoarthritis, in which the tissue that cushions joints, called cartilage, breaks down, particularly as people age. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is different. In RA, the immune system attacks your body’s joints, causing inflammation that can harm them — and even the heart. Symptoms include pain, stiffness, and red, warm, swollen joints.
Is it part of fibromyalgia?
This condition can cause pain, tenderness, and fatigue. Unlike in RA, inflammation in fibromyalgia doesn’t attack the joints. Recent research suggests, however, that brain inflammation may be associated with fibromyalgia. More research is needed to prove this connection.
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