Understanding Inflammation: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

You may experience inflammation due to some health conditions or injury. Long-term inflammation may lead to symptoms that affect your overall health.What is inflammation? Inflammation happens in everyone, whether you’re aware of it or not. Your immune system creates inflammation to protect the body from infection, injury, or disease. There are many things you wouldn’t be able to heal from without inflammation.Sometimes, with autoimmune diseases, like certain types of arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease, your immune system attacks healthy cells.Inflammation is classified into three main types:Acute inflammation: This usually occurs for a short duration but is often severe. Symptoms can appear quickly. However, it typically resolves in 2 weeks or less once the cause (usually injury or infection) subsides. This type restores your body to its state before injury or illness.Chronic inflammation: This type is a slower and generally less severe form of inflammation. It typically lasts lo...