Inflammation is your body's natural response to infection, irritation or injury. It's a defense mechanism that helps protect and heal damaged tissue.
When something harmful or irritating affects a part of your body, your immune system triggers an inflammatory response. This causes blood vessels to dilate, allowing more blood to flow to the injured area. As part of this response:
This acute inflammation starts quickly and helps begin the healing process. Mild inflammation may go away once damaged tissues heal. But sometimes inflammation persists or fails to eliminate the initial cause. This can lead to chronic inflammation, which is associated with various diseases.
Managing inflammation properly is crucial for good health. At Revive Hormone Institute, our experts can help patients struggling with chronic inflammation through comprehensive hormone testing and individualized treatment plans. Our goal is to find the root causes of patients' inflammation and develop holistic protocols to resolve symptoms.
We take an integrative approach, using both traditional and alternative therapies like diet changes, stress reduction techniques, exercise plans, and bioidentical hormone therapy when appropriate. If you struggle with joint pain, autoimmune flares, allergies, digestive issues, or other inflammation-driven conditions, we encourage you to book a consultation. We're here to listen, run medically-necessary tests, and help you feel your best again.
To summarize, inflammation is the body's protective and healing response to harm, which manifests through pain, swelling, redness and heat. It starts as acute inflammation but can persist as chronic inflammation, contributing to several diseases. Proper management of inflammation through lifestyle and sometimes medical interventions can greatly improve people's health and quality of life. Let us help you get to the root of your inflammatory issues and find lasting relief!