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Inflammation is part of the immune response. It's not a cause, it's a symptom. And much like other symptoms like vomiting or fever, the symptom is actually an e

Inflammation is part of the immune response. It's not a cause, it's a symptom. And much like other symptoms like vomiting or fever, the symptom is actually an effective way for the body to fix root causes. Being in a perpetual state of fever, vomit, or inflammation is clearly an unhealthy state, but that doesn't mean suppressing these symptoms is useful.

Obi_Juan_Kenobi 7y ago
Dysregulation of the inflammatory system is, to a growing extent, being considered as a cause of disease per se. So it's somewhat more complicated than that; it's plausible that the broad anti-inflammatory effects of cannabis could treat a variety of common diseases.
Spooky23 7y ago
Yes and no. I had inflammation issues due to a back injury that contributed to other health issues. Think of inflammation as a enhancement for other things.
colechristensen 7y ago
>Being in a perpetual state of fever, vomit, or inflammation is clearly an unhealthy state, but that doesn't mean suppressing these symptoms is useful. A growing body of research disagrees. For example, this public-oriented article from Johns Hopkins entitled Fight Inflammation to Help Prevent Heart Disease https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/fight-inflammation-to-help-prevent-heart-disease https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-preventi...
colechristensen 7y ago
What you're talking about are things like, when you break a bone it isn't necessarily appropriate to "treat" the inflammation because that inflammation is useful to the healing process. It helps bring blood supply, differences in temperature, etc. It can also have the opposite of the "intended" evolutionary effect, inflammation pressure closing off blood access to the injured location because evolution is often stupid.

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Inflammation is part of the immune response. It's not a cause, it's a symptom. And much like other symptoms like vomiting or fever, the symptom is actually an e

by lukeschlather 7y ago

Obi_Juan_Kenobi 7y ago
Dysregulation of the inflammatory system is, to a growing extent, being considered as a cause of disease per se. So it's somewhat more complicated than that; it's plausible that the broad anti-inflammatory effects of cannabis could treat a variety of common diseases.
Spooky23 7y ago
Yes and no. I had inflammation issues due to a back injury that contributed to other health issues. Think of inflammation as a enhancement for other things.
colechristensen 7y ago
>Being in a perpetual state of fever, vomit, or inflammation is clearly an unhealthy state, but that doesn't mean suppressing these symptoms is useful. A growing body of research disagrees. For example, this public-oriented article from Johns Hopkins entitled Fight Inflammation to Help Prevent Heart Disease https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/fight-inflammation-to-help-prevent-heart-disease https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-preventi...
colechristensen 7y ago
What you're talking about are things like, when you break a bone it isn't necessarily appropriate to "treat" the inflammation because that inflammation is useful to the healing process. It helps bring blood supply, differences in temperature, etc. It can also have the opposite of the "intended" evolutionary effect, inflammation pressure closing off blood access to the injured location because evolution is often stupid.