What is inflammation? How does it affect the body?
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1st Answer:--Publication Details. When a wound swells up, turns red and hurts, it may be a sign of inflammation. Very generally speaking, inflammation is the body's immune system's response to an irritant. The irritant might be a germ, but it could also be a foreign object, such as a splinter in your finger
☸ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀ ᴡᴏᴜɴᴅ sᴡᴇʟʟs ᴜᴘ, ᴛᴜʀɴs ʀᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴜʀᴛs, ɪᴛ ᴍᴀʏ ʙᴇ ᴀ sɪɢɴ ᴏғ ɪɴғʟᴀᴍᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴠᴇʀʏ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ sᴘᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ, ɪɴғʟᴀᴍᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ's ɪᴍᴍᴜɴᴇ sʏsᴛᴇᴍ's ʀᴇsᴘᴏɴsᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴ ɪʀʀɪᴛᴀɴᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ɪʀʀɪᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇ ᴀ ɢᴇʀᴍ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀʟsᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀ ғᴏʀᴇɪɢɴ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ, sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴀ sᴘʟɪɴᴛᴇʀ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ғɪɴɢᴇʀ.
☸ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪɴғʟᴀᴍᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴs, ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟs ғʀᴏᴍ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏᴅʏ's ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴄᴇʟʟs ᴇɴᴛᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴏʀ ᴛɪssᴜᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏᴅʏ ғʀᴏᴍ ɪɴᴠᴀᴅᴇʀs. ᴛʜɪs ʀᴀɪsᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ғʟᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ ᴏғ ɪɴᴊᴜʀʏ ᴏʀ ɪɴғᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. ɪᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ʀᴇᴅɴᴇss ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀʀᴍᴛʜ. sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟs ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ғʟᴜɪᴅ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀᴋ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪssᴜᴇs, ʀᴇsᴜʟᴛɪɴɢ ɪɴ sᴡᴇʟʟɪɴɢ.
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