The effective tools for battling chronic inflammation
Feature Inflammation is the body’s built-in mechanism to defend itself from adverse stimuli such as trauma, pathogens, damaged cells, toxins and other environmental irritants. It’s even a response to emotional stress. Individuals with acute inflammation may experience redness, swelling, heat, loss of function and pain, says David Seaman, DC, whose organization is devoted to nutritional and other lifestyle approaches for reducing inflammation.