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Our Bodies Are Not The Same: Lasting implications of COVID-19 on our inflammatory systems.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has revealed several limitations to our understanding of our bodies and the role of existing health conditions. One pertinent phenomenon is the Cytokine Storm and the long-term issues of inflammation due to COVID-19 exposure and diagnosis.

If your body does not feel the same since the pandemic started, chances are that you are suffering from chronic stress, which also causes inflammation.

Did you know the different types of inflammation?

Acute inflammation

• Alerts the immune systems response, to send leukocytes (WBC) to the area.
• These speeds up the healing process.

Chronic inflammation

• The immune system continues release leukocytes chronically, and inflammation continues.
• The immune system becomes overworked and eventually shuts down organs.

Why should we care?

• Chronic inflammatory diseases are the most significant cause of death in the world today, with more than 50% of all deaths being attributable to inflammation-related diseases: Diabetes, Fatty Liver, Heart disease. (CO-MORBIDITIES cause cytokine storm)