different subsets of inflammation (some
healthy, some not so healthy), we’ll give you
the rundown here:
Related to duration
Acute Chronic
Your body’s initial,
short-term response to
damage. Think of acute
inflammation as the
cleanup before the
rebuilding. It decreases
quickly as your body
begins the healing
process. Acute
inflammation is a good
thing, and you wouldn’t
want to lose that
function.
Chronic
inflammation
stretches the
inflammatory
response out
over months or
even years,
which impairs
the rebuilding
of normal
tissues and
creates all sorts
of health