14 Warning Signs That There’s Hidden Inflammation in Your Body (and How to Get Rid of It)

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Written by: Drew Canole

Chronic inflammation has been called out for its role in hundreds of diseases including cancer, Alzheimer’s, gout, depression, autoimmune disease and more. It is something anyone who wants to be healthy (so… everyone!) should be educated on and understand.

Why? Because chronic inflammation is WITHIN OUR CONTROL to change, heal and prevent. People simply should not have to suffer for their entire life with inflammation because it is quite often within their power to fix!

What Is Inflammation?

You have an incredible and complex immune system whose main purpose is to protect you from harmful substances.

One of the ways it does this is through inflammation.

There are two types of inflammation: Acute and Chronic.

So what’s the difference?

Acute

When tissues in your body are injured, the cells release chemicals that cause swelling and attract white blood cells to help remedy the situation and prevent it from spreading to other areas of the body.

Acute inflammation is the kind we experience after an injury, like when my 6th grade girlfriend pushed me off the swing and I sprained my ankle. It was swollen for 2 weeks. The acute inflammation in my ankle was my body’s way of saying, “let’s be careful with this area for a while, while we work on repairing the damage.”

Acute inflammation is part of the normal detoxification and repair process. Everyday when you walk, eat, exercise, stress out or breathe - your body must cleanse and eliminate toxins and repair any cellular injuries that may have happened to you.

When inflammation is hard at work, you will not necessarily experience any pain or even be aware of it.

Inflammation is your body’s natural response to a foreign invader. This could be cells, viruses, fungi, bacteria, chemicals, toxins, etc.

In all these cases, inflammation is a good and natural thing.

Chronic

When acute inflammation fails to be resolved, it becomes chronic.

Maybe you are one of many who have experienced the following scenario: your body becomes swollen, immobile, in pain and you resort to going to the doctor only to be given pills that make the pain go away. Now, if you are on painkillers long enough, which most people are… your doctor will order regular liver blood panel tests. This is because many of the pain medicine out there can actually shut off the primary pathway of detoxification, making the vicious cycle of pain even worse!

Taking pills for something that is obviously due to chronic inflammation will not solve the issue… it is like throwing a blanket over a growling dog or putting a band-aid over a gaping wound.

Chronic-inflammation is very different from acute inflammation. It contributes to 7 out of 10 of the leading causes of death in the United States.

In 2004, Time magazine dedicated the whole front cover to inflammation, calling it “The Silent Killer”. Chronic inflammation is like having a swollen, red, puffy part of your body, usually internally, for weeks, months, or even years. This kind of inflammation has been shown to cause a whole host of complications and diseases such as autoimmune diseases, arthritis, asthma, obesity, premature aging and even heart disease and cancer.

What Causes Chronic Inflammation?

So what is causing our bodies to become chronically inflamed?

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