Cytokines involved in acute and chronic ... is one of the blood tests used to identify systemic inflammation. Currently, cytokine therapies are used in chronic inflammatory disorder treatments ...

There’s an important distinction to be made between acute ... show up in a blood test. We can measure inflammation levels in the blood. But sometimes people have a low-level chronic inflammation.

Acute inflammation, like the redness and swelling that occurs with an injury, is a sign that your body is working properly—but chronic inflammation ... can increase blood sugar which increases ...