I just came to ask basically the same question. Why does inflammation exist, what is its purpose, how did it evolve, are there downsides to blocking it? We hav

I just came to ask basically the same question. Why does inflammation exist, what is its purpose, how did it evolve, are there downsides to blocking it? We have entire classes of drugs including OTC ones whose entire job is just reducing inflammation, its indicated in tons of diseases and conditions, lots of health industry people (and snake oil salesmen) tell me that x and y and z cause it, but I dont really know what it is.