Health and Healing

How Inflammation Affects Every Aspect of Your Health

March 07, 2013

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/03/07/inflammation-triggers-disease-symptoms.aspx?e_cid=20130307_PRNLv1_art_2&utm_source=prmrnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art2&utm_campaign=20130307

Inflammation Triggers the Symptoms of Disease

The presence of inflammation is what makes most disease perceptible to an individual. It can and often does occur for years before it exists at levels sufficient to be apparent or clinically significant. How long it has been smoldering really determines the degree of severity of a disease and often the prognosis assuming the inflammation can be controlled. One could also argue that without inflammation most disease would not even exist. Take a look at this list of diseases and their relationship with inflammation:

Disease	Mechanism
Allergy	4 Immune Mediated Types + Sensitivities, all of which cause inflammation
Alzheimer's	Chronic inflammation destroys brain cells
Anemia	Inflammatory cytokines attack erythropoietin production
Ankylosing Spondylitis	Inflammatory cytokines induce autoimmune reactions against joint surfaces
Asthma	Inflammatory cytokines induce autoimmune reactions against airway lining
Autism	Inflammatory cytokines induce autoimmune reactions in the brain arresting right hemisphere development
Arthritis	Inflammatory cytokines destroy joint cartilage and synovial fluid
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	Chronic inflammation causes excessive muscle tension shortening tendons in the forearm and wrist compressing the nerves.
Celiac	Chronic immune mediated inflammation damages intestinal lining
Crohn's Disease	Chronic immune mediated inflammation damages intestinal lining
Congestive heart failure	Chronic inflammation contributes to heart muscle wasting
Eczema	Chronic inflammation of the gut and liver with poor detoxification and often antibodies against Transglutaminase-3.
Fibromyalgia	Inflamed connective tissue often food allergy related and exacerbated by secondary nutritional and neurological imbalances.
Fibrosis	Inflammatory cytokines attack traumatized tissue
Gall Bladder Disease	Inflammation of the bile duct or excess cholesterol produced in response to gut inflammation
GERD	Inflammation of the esophagus and digestive tract nearly always food sensitivity and pH driven
Guillain-Barre	Autoimmune attack of the nervous system often triggered by autoimmune response to external stressors such as vaccinations.
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis	Autoimmune reaction originating in the gut triggered by antibodies against thyroid enzymes and proteins
Heart attack	Chronic inflammation contributes to coronary atherosclerosis
Kidney failure	Inflammatory cytokines restrict circulation and damage nephrons and tubules in the kidneys
Lupus	Inflammatory cytokines induce an autoimmune attack against connective tissue
Multiple Sclerosis	Inflammatory cytokines induce autoimmune reactions against myelin
Neuropathy	Inflammatory cytokines induce autoimmune reactions against myelin and vascular and connective tissues which irritate nerves.
Pancreatitis	Inflammatory cytokines induce pancreatic cell injury
Psoriasis	Chronic inflammation of the gut and liver with poor detoxification
Polymyalgia Rheumatica	Inflammatory cytokines induce autoimmune reactions against muscles and connective tissue
Rheumatoid Arthritis	Inflammatory cytokines induce autoimmune reactions against joints
Scleroderma	Inflammatory cytokines induce an autoimmune attack against connective tissue
Stroke	Chronic inflammation promoted thromboembolic events
Surgical complications	Inflammatory cytokines (often pre-dating the surgery) slow or prevent healing