What are the four main cardinal signs of inflammation and how do they come about?
What are the four main cardinal signs of inflammation and how do they come about?
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What are the four main cardinal signs of inflammation and how do they come about?
What are the four main cardinal signs of inflammation and how do they come about?
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What is inflammation Inflammation is defined as the body's reaction to a specific injury. The injury can be of any sort of damage to tissues (example: traumatic, heat, radiation, immunological, or infectious). Upon such a reaction, the body primarily shows some peculiar signs, and those are referredRead more
What is inflammation
Inflammation is defined as the body’s reaction to a specific injury. The injury can be of any sort of damage to tissues (example: traumatic, heat, radiation, immunological, or infectious).
Upon such a reaction, the body primarily shows some peculiar signs, and those are referred to as the cardinal signs of inflammation.
There are four of such cardinal signs that are commonly seen with any sort of inflammation but there is also a fifth one.
The four cardinal signs of inflammation are:
The fifth cardinal sign of inflammation usually comes into the picture when the injury is excessive. This fifth sign is the loss of function
Aside the cardinal signs of inflammation, the immediate response of the body to an injury which can be described as acute inflammation usually presents with three components and is referred to as the Lewis response.
The lewis response (in acute inflammation) include:
This means that following an inflammation (right after a tissue injury), you are likely to see a narrow line of red on the skin along where it was scratched. This is then followed by a more diffuse reddening around the area of injury and that red area later becomes swollen.
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