What we’ve all experienced is some type of inflammation in our body. We fall down and get that sprain, bump a knee or twist an ankle and it gets swollen. That cut finger suddenly begins to swell, or it could be that miserable head cold where the brain begins to thump.
Inflammation certainly lets you know it’s around, this usually in an unmistakable way. It inflates as the affected area hurts, giving us a warning signal that something’s wrong. Note that this is known as acute inflammation, which is an …