How To Identify Causes Of Inflammation

Inflammation and Pain Are There Due To Some Underlying Cause

Inflammation is like a check engine light for your body. It tells you that something isn’t working properly. It’s a warning that you should pay attention.

The first step in discovering the cause of the underlying problem that is behind inflammation is to identify whether you have acute or chronic inflammation.

Acute inflammation is short term and recent. Acute inflammation plays a critical role in healing and injury repair.

Chronic inflammation on the other hand is a condition where your immune system continues to produce white blood cells (which are involved in inflammation) and chemicals even after the injury is gone.

The Problem of Chronic Inflammation

The combination of chronic inflammation and an excess of certain types of white blood cells can cause problems for your immune system. In some cases, your immune system may even begin to target your own healthy cells and structures.

If this occurs over a long time, it can damage cells, tissues, and organs that can increase the likelihood of disease.

Of course, one of the most significant challenges is that chronic inflammation can be invisible unless you know where to look.

Here are a few of the most common signs of chronic inflammation:

Insulin resistance. Insulin helps control the sugar level in your blood. Insulin resistance results in your body releasing increasingly higher amounts of insulin. This does cause inflammation and in turn inflammation may affect how well your insulin works.

Muscle weakness. Chronic inflammation can cause your immune system to mistakenly attack and inflame your muscles, which could make you weaker, experience muscle fatigue, and pain.

Fatigue. Fatigue is a sign of long-term inflammation and common in inflammatory diseases like fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis. These are complex problems that are associated with long term inflammation. There are lifestyle modifications that may make a big impact on how a person feels and functions. Chiropractic care itself can make a huge difference for many people suffering with these complex health problems.

What Should You Do?

If you’ve been living with muscle weakness, fatigue, or ongoing pain, you may be living with chronic inflammation.

It’s often your daily habits that contribute to this state of chronic inflammation.

Hagebusch Chiropractic Texarkana specializes in helping people create a healthy lifestyle through daily habits that combat chronic inflammation.

We invite you to take the first step towards better health by scheduling a visit with us today so we can work together to help you feel and function at your best.

Science Source(s):

Signs of Chronic Inflammation You May Not Expect. WebMD. 2019.

Understanding Acute and Chronic Inflammation. Harvard Health Publishing. 2020.