What is the difference between acute and chronic inflammation?

Chronic inflammation is often confused with acute inflammation, so we are going to help break down the differences. Acute inflammation is a short lived response to an injury or an infection, like having a cold. Symptoms of acute inflammation include redness, pain, swelling, heat loss of function. Chronic inflammation, unlike acute inflammation, lasts months or even years. Symptoms of chronic inflammation include body pain, joint pain and muscle pain chronic fatigue and insomnia depression and anxiety gastrointestinal complications like constipation, diarrhea and acid reflux weight gain or weight loss frequent infections Common causes of chronic inflammation include a poor diet, smoking, excess alcohol, obesity, lack of exercise or exposure to toxins, allergens and infections, all of which are often never completely cleared. Due to these causes, your body stays in a state of chronic inflammation which is damaging to your health. Left unchecked, chronic inflammation leads to heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and even cancer. MD Lifespan's Longevity Experts know how to test for chronic inflammation and how to stop the silent killer so that you can live a longer, happier and healthier life. Click the link below to speak with a patient service advisor today.