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I have never seen more talk about “inflammation” in any other context, physical or virtual, than I have on HN. To me, talking about health problems from “infla
by l33t7332273 3y ago
I have never seen more talk about “inflammation” in any other context, physical or virtual, than I have on HN.
To me, talking about health problems from “inflammation” sounded at first like a buzzword used to sell snake oil(much like “toxins”), but there seem to be real studies by real scientists discussing it.
Am I in a bubble, or why is it such a rarely mentioned topic elsewhere?
- lukas099 3y agoThe immune system is pretty important and powerful.
- aliasxneo 3y agoI had to learn a ton about it in the last year for my health-related issues. It's possible that it's just new information that's still propagating (and for some reason happens to concentrate on HN). For reference, my recommendations came from my therapist when battling with depression (i.e. I wasn't really influenced by anything on HN).
- ssddanbrown 3y agoInflammation is a key factor of many medical conditions, many which can be identified by a "-itis" suffix. Might just not be in your bubble if you haven't crossed paths with these kinds of conditions. Personally, I had not come across much inflammation talk until I had uveitis, which led to an identification of my ankylosing spondylitis (a form of spinal arthritis) which has also brings me enthesitis. All of these are inflammation based.
- hgsgm 3y agoIt's like "stress". It's real, but extremely diffuse.