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.