Why is inflammation important?
Inflammation is the way the body heals or responds to an insult.
The insult could be a wound/cut, bacterial infection, fracture of a
bone, chemical or heat burn, etc. Inflammation is a complex chain
of tisue responses usually endeding in resolution or healing. One
of the first results of inflammation is to proveide a protactive
wall around the problem, then white blood cells ( neutrohils) are
attracted to the area, the neutrohils respond a a defense army.
This army is ablle to gain assistance from other white blood cells
as required and is "in touch" with the bone marrow to order more
assistance and production of further white cells and" supplies".
Pus is formed by the white cells eating or ingesting the toxins and
this is the waiste pruduct, which is disposed of in the lymph
system or as in the case of a "zit" or pimple may erupt to the
surface of the body and be epelled in that way. resolution of
inflammation occurs with complete healing of the body and the
return of the white bllod cell count to normal levels.