What is Inflammation and How Does It Cause Pain?

I've got a great article for you today about the "hidden cause"

of so many diseases and conditions like chronic pain, heart

disease, stroke, alzhiemers and others.

If you suffer from any type of ache or pain, whether it's big or

small, acute or chronic, or if you want to learn about how you

can reverse and prevent damage caused by these diseases

and conditions, then I'm sure you are going to find this quick

read very eye opening.

What is Inflammation and How

Does It Cause Pain?

Inflammation is a response from your immune system in

response to an irritant.

For example, if you sprain your ankle, your immune system

creates a protein called a Circulating Immune Complex

(CIC for short).

The CIC travels down to the injured ankle and causes pain

and swelling.

The pain you feel is to inform you of the injury or damage.

And the swelling is protective as it prevents you from moving

it and causing more irritation.

This is also your body's way of running to the problem with

fresh blood, antibodies and vital cells in order to begin healing

and repairing the damage.

Then what normally happens is our bodies produce proteolytic

enzymes which counteract the inflammation, and things return

to normal. That's why a sprained ankle as a young child heals

within a few weeks at most, but can take six weeks or more

for an adult of say 45.

The problem is, after around age 25, our production of

these enzymes drops off almost completely so there is

nothing to tell the body to stop the inflammation. These enzymes

are also responsible for cleaning the blood, fighting off viral

and bacterial infections and breaking down excess fibrin

(scar tissue).

You can learn more about proteolytic enzymes and how they

work here

In addition to the decrease in production of proteolytic enzymes,

there are also numerous other things that contribute to the build

up of inflammation in our bodies.

Here is just a short list of factors that contribute to inflammation:

• Un-addressed pain and injuries
• Toxins and chemicals in our air, water and food
• Poor nutritional habits
• Bacterial or viral infections
• Allergies
• Prescription medications
• Auto-immune diseases
• Negative mental and emotional stress
  

Over time, inflammation continues to increase in our bodies

causing damage to all of the tissues and organs, often without

us even knowing it's happening.

If inflammation is not controlled and the body continually fights
this battle, symptoms of chronic inflammation can show itself
as arthritis, colitis, chronic fatigue, sinusitis, cataracts, chronic
pain, hair loss heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer's and dozens
of other ailments and conditions.

Inflammation is what slowly kills us.

More and more research is coming out now that proves this.
For example, here's a quote from a study published in The New
England Journal of Medicine: "there is convincing evidence
that inflammation is strongly linked to heart attacks and
stroke."

And in another study published in The Annals of Neurology,
the researchers concluded, "inflammation is linked to
Alzheimer's and other dementing diseases." And a recent
Harvard study found that "half of all heart attacks are caused
by inflammation".

We know that reducing inflammation is critical to eliminating
pain and preventing disease and illness, but how do you do it
safely and naturally?

Here are just some of the things you can do:

• Make dietary changes - be sure to read Dr Chilton's book
  
• "Win the War Within"
• Learn how to eliminate negative emotional stress
• Minimize the amount of junk that enters your body -
  
• and not just food but toxins and other chemicals
• Replace lost proteolytic enzymes with supplementation

Remember, the key is to keep in inflammation under control
because it does far more than just cause swelling and pain.

How to Wipe Out Excess Inflammation and Pain
Quickly... And Without Harsh Medications or
Dangerous Surgery

Learn about 11 proven ways to reduce pain
naturally and speed up healing in the free special
report, "How to Fight Pain Naturally".

Hope this will help,
Jorma Persson