What is inflammation and how do we get them? When something enters your body and your body doesn't recognize it such as bacteria or viruses, your immune system activates. This is when your immune system defends itself from anything foreign and sends out cells to trap bacteria and viruses to start the healing process. Some symptoms of inflammation include pain, redness, heat, and swelling. The two types of inflammation are acute inflammation and chronic inflammation. The difference between the two is acute inflammation is the reaction to sudden outside body damage such as a paper cut while chronic inflammation is when it happens inside the body without outside danger (Cleveland Clinic, 2023). Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell and are one of the first immune cells to respond. They help the immune system fight infections and start the healing process. Neutrophils
help prevent by blocking, disabling, digesting or warding off invading particles and microorganisms (Angelica Balingit, 2023). The bone marrow is where neutrophils are produced and make about more than half of white blood cells in the body.
There are many lymph nodes inside a human body including the abdomen, neck, groin and axillary. The lymphatic system works by fluid continually flowing through a network of lymph vessels that works like a filter.. The lymph nodes consist of white blood cells that attack any foreign cells. When lymph nodes can’t destroy a bacteria or viruses, they will trap it which leads to inflammation. Fever happens when the body temperature is higher than normal. It occurs
when a virus or bacteria enters the body. A fever can help fight infections by making it harder for
viruses and bacteria to spread in your body due to high body temperature.
