Inflammation is the body's natural response to injury or infection. Acute inflammation, characterized by redness, swelling, and pain, helps heal wounds or fend off pathogens . However, chronic ...

There’s pain because nerves are firing, in part to stop you using the body part so it has a chance to heal. And there’s loss of function because the ongoing inflammation stops the affected ...

Yet, inflammation is not always a bad thing. “We do need some inflammation in the body when it’s in response to an infection or acute injury. It’s there to heal us and do a job,” says Dr ...