Question

Nursing care of patient with inflammation

Answer 1

*Signals us that an injury has taken place
*local: redness, warmth, pain, swelling, loss of function (ex. sprained ankle)
-Pain is a huge issue with patients- occurs from pressure from nerves
*systemic: fever, malaise, leukocytosis, increased pulse and respiration rate, nausea, anorexia
-You can not have healing without inflammation
-Prepares the site for new tissue growth
-Inflammation has to subside in order to start the healing process.
*Any disease ending in -itis = inflammation is present
*Not necessarily an infection