Questions tagged [inflammation]
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What actually are the role(s) of SerpinB3 in the body?
Reading Protein linked to cancer found to play key role in wound healing in MedicalXpress, SerpinB3 has
"long been applied as a biomarker of aggressive cancers in the lung, liver and skin, where ...
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Complement-mediated Hemolytic Uraemic Syndrome OR C3 Glomerulopathy?
Both diseases (Complement-mediated HUS and C3G) are caused by the over-activation of the alternative complement pathway, but one (aHUS), even though it most importantly involves the kidneys, is more ...
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Does ibuprofen improve healing or only helps with pain?
I've noticed several times that ibuprofen is recommended for injuries or pain resulting from inflammation, such as knee or shoulder pain for example. This presumably is because of the anti-...
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Unsaturated fat and inflammation
I am confused that while researching about unsaturated fat, some sources say it is anti-inflammatory, while some sources say it is associated with inflammation. Does it still have mixed results or am ...
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CAR-T therapy for cardiac sarcoidosis?
Do you know whether CAR-T therapy to replace fibrotic cells in the heart might apply to scarring from cardiac sarcoidosis?
The articles below are from Penn research that shows they are able to replace ...
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What kind of inflammation is caused by diabetes?
Quote from the notice for diabetics about COVID:
Diabetes causes inflammation in the body and you have a harder time fighting off an infection like the virus that causes COVID-19
What does it mean &...
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Allergies and Inflammation - Long term effects
As I read about research on inflammaging (for example, Fülöp et al 2019), the link between chronic low-grade inflammation and the increased occurrence of age-related diseases, I wondered if there is a ...
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macular insult during optic neuritis
In our lecture today, the professor gave us a trick question: although papilledema and most optic nerve/disc pathology cause either generalized visual field depression or visual field defects, sparing ...
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Is inflammation post anaerobic workout desireable? [closed]
My understanding of how muscle growth works is that anaerobic exercise causes damage to the muscles on the microscopic scale, and this damage triggers — and is subsequently repaired by — a healing ...
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Why are corticosteroids not used in the treatment of pneumonia?
Common sense made me think of the need for inflammation reduction in case of pneumonia and the anti-inflammatory characteristics of inhaled corticosteroids. I Googled and found a study1 from 2017 that ...
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Is it considered eosinophilia if the total eosinophil count is normal but the eosinophil percentage is high?
If the total eosinophil count is normal but the eosinophil percentage is high, is it considered eosinophilia, or is it merely grounds for a rerun of the test?
In a paper by Kovalski and Weller (2016), ...
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What is the effect of stress on inflammation
People are advised to practice mindfulness meditation / breathing techniques for stress reduction which is considered to indirectly help with chronic inflammatory diseases also such as allergies, ...
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is it possible to heal inflamed artieries after a CABG
I am 48 years old and have recently undergone a bypass surgery on heart.
I am not a medical student but if its true ( correct me if i am wrong ), magnesium helps in healing inflammation in arteries. ...
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High CRP levels
What happens if you consistently have high CRP levels from inflammation, but, even after multiple examinations in the hospital the underlying cause for the high CRP levels cannot be found?
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Does Coriander Seed increase or decrease tnf alpha and il-6?
I came across two different papers claiming the opposite thing.
Although there was a dose dependent increase in serum TNF-α levels in the CSHE treated groups as compared to control, the synovial ...
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