How Inflammation Protects—and Sometimes Hurts—Your Body

Inflammation is your body’s emergency response signal.
It increases blood flow to deliver immune cells quickly.
Redness, heat, and swelling are signs of this internal alert.
It’s essential for healing cuts, burns, and infections.
Chronic inflammation, however, can damage tissues.
It’s linked to arthritis, heart disease, and autoimmune disorders.
Anti-inflammatory foods and habits can restore balance.
Your immune system always aims for repair, not chaos.
When inflammation ends, cleanup cells remove the debris.
Properly timed inflammation heals—you just don’t want it stuck “on.”