Inflammation: Its Role
Inflammation: Its Role Patients are often confused about inflammation and the role it plays in healing. Read on to learn about the difference between acute and chronic inflammation. The body has a highly-complex immune system that protects us from disease and infection and enables healing. It has two main components: innate immunity, characterized by inflammation, is the body’s first line of defence; and adaptive immunity the body’s second line of defence which also provides protection from re-infection. The inflammatory immune response is the body’s natural response to infection,...
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