used to describe an area on the body that is swollen, red, hot, and in pain.
pain, heat, swelling and redness in response to tissue injury; characterized by inflammatory cell exudates.
Swelling of the skin which is red and painful.
A reaction to illness or injury characterized by swelling, warmth, and redness.
Part of the cycle of CF progression that occurs when the airways swell due to irritation.
A basic response of the body to injury, usually showing up in skin redness, warmth, swelling, and pain.
A protective response in tissues that produces redness, swelling, pain and tenderness. Inflammation is the body's way of telling us there is something wrong.
reaction by tissue, e.g., skin, in response to infection or injury.
A condition caused by injury or abnormal stimulation by a physical, chemical, or biologic agent, and typified by redness, pain, heat, and swelling.
A localized protective response elicited by injury or destruction of tissues, which serves to destroy, dilute, or wall off both the injurious agent and the injured tissue; my include signs of pain, heat, redness, swelling, and loss of function.
The immediate defense of tissue against infection or injury.
Local response to cellular injury marked by capillary dilatation leukocytic infiltration redness which may result in pain, redness or warmth of tissues in the area.
redness, swelling, and pain as a result of irritation, injury or infection
Cellular and chemical reaction that occurs in body tissues in response to injury or irritation from a physical, chemical, or biologic agent.
The body's natural defence mechanism in which blood rushes to any site of damage or infection causing reddening, swelling and pain. The area is usually hot to touch.
localized response of the body to injury or destruction of tissues that serves to “wall off” the injured tissue or keep out pathogens. Signs of inflammation include swelling, redness, heat, and pain.
A pathologic process involving complex chemical and cellular reactions that occurs in tissues in response to injury or abnormal stimulation. Its cardinal signs "rubor (redness), calor (heat or warmth), tumor (swelling), and dolor (pain)" reflect processes directed at destroying/removing injurious material and at promoting repair and healing.
Redness, pain, heat and swelling in the body, due to injury.
Swelling caused by the accumulation of lymph and blood cells at the site of infection or injury.
Part of the healing process, it has been historically accepted by four cardinal points; pain, heat, redness, and swelling. It involves a lot of metabolic and histological changes.
Pain, redness, swelling, and heat that usually develop in response to injury or illness.
Irritation of any body part such that it may cause swelling, redness and tenderness.
The local accumulation of fluid, plasma proteins, and white blood cells that is initiated by physical injury, infection, or a local immune response (Lecture: Innate Immunity and Inflammation II, 2/21/02)
a reaction whereby the body protects itself against injury. It is characterized by painful swelling and redness.
Protective response, often localized, involving white blood cells and other components of the body, wherein a disease agent or other irritant factor is sequestered and attempts made to destroy it or neutralize its effects.
swelling, pain, warmth and redness of tissue, due to injury.
A cellular response to injury or stimulation from physical, chemical or biological agents. When cells inflame, they turn red, heat up, are painful, and swell to get rid of noxious agents and damaged tissue.
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A nonspecific defense mechanism that operates at the tissue level; characterized by swelling, redness, warmth, pain, and some loss of function.
a localized, protective response to tissue injury designed to destroy, dilute, or wall off the infecting agent or injured tissue; characterized by redness, pain, heat, swelling, and occasional loss of function
a localized response (specific to a part of the body) to injury that may be characterized by redness, heat, pain, swelling. Inflammation may include the loss of function of the affected area as it tries to rid itself of damaged tissue or harmful agents.
The swelling, heat and redness your body produces when it has an injury or infection.
Body's local response to injury. Acute Inflammation Is characterized by pain, with heat, redness, swelling and loss of function. Uncontrolled swelling may cause further damage to tissues at the Injury site.
A nonspecific defense against pathogens; characterized by redness, swelling, pain, and increased temperature.
Irritation, injury or infection of a given area.
the protective response of body tissues to injury.
The bodyâ€(tm)s defense reaction to injury or infection.
A pathological process characterized by injury or destruction of tissues caused by a variety of cytologic and chemical reactions. It is usually manifested by typical signs of pain, heat, redness, swelling, and loss of function.
Redness, heat, pain, and swelling in body tissue.
The way the body reacts to being hurt. In the lungs, airways become swollen, narrow and irritable. Asthma is one example of inflammation. Others are arthritis or sunburn. In asthma, especially in children, coughing may be the most obvious symptom of inflammation in the airways.
A complex process in the body involving many types of cells (especially white blood cells) and chemicals (such as cytokines and leukotrienes). Inflammation may be protective or may be harmful. The typical signs of inflammation are redness, swelling, warmth, and pain. Loss of function (partial or complete) is often seen, and some kind of exudate is common. Inflammation of the airways is the main underlying problem in asthma.
A term that refers to the swelling and irritation in the airways of the lungs. Airway inflammation from asthma is always there, even when symptoms are not present. There is increasing evidence that, if left untreated, inflammation can damage the airways and may cause long-term loss of lung function.
The swelling and irritation of the airways. In asthma patients, the airways become inflamed, the muscles around the airways tighten, and the airways produce extra mucus.
a response to some type of injury such as infection, characterized by increased blood flow, heat, redness, swelling, and pain
is a tissue's reaction to trauma often associated with pain, heat, redness, swelling, and/or loss of function. Inflammation may be caused by mechanical trauma, infections, bacteria, viruses, immune reactions or other causes.
the condition into which tissues enter as a reaction to injury.
nonspecific response of the immune system to tissue damage; characterized by redness, pain, heat and swelling of tissue
A protective reaction to an injury that may cause severe discomfort
a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
a manifestation of the immune system's response to an invading organisms or substances
Pain, redness and possible swelling due injury or infection.
A localized protective response to destroy, or dilute or wall off (sequester) both the injurious agent and the injured tissue. Examples include arthritis, swelling upon injuries, etc.
an immune system process that stops the progression of disease-causing microbes, often seen at the site of an injury like a cut. Signs include redness, swelling, pain, and heat.
The body's reaction to noxious stimuli or foreign particles, resulting in swelling, redness, and pain.
A defensive response to local tissue injury or infection, serving to prevent the spread of injury and activate the immune system; regulated by cytokines. Prolonged or excessive inflammation can damage healthy tissue, as in alcoholic liver disease.
an injury site demonstrating various degrees of pain, sweating, heat, redness, and or/loss of function.
The reaction of living tissue to an attack by a pathogenic organism, characterized by heat, a swelling, and pain.
local and nonspecific defensive tissue response to injury or destruction of cells
The cellular and vascular changes that occur after tissue injury. Chronic inflammation may promote tumor growth and progression.
Swelling and irritation of the airways in your lungs. Airway inflammation is always there, even when you are not having symptoms.
Redness, swelling, warmth and pain in an area, as a reaction to a matter which is perceived as alien to the body or as harmful. Becomes long-standing if cytokines are released because these attract white blood cells which cause prolongation and enhancement of the inflammation.
A tissue's immunological response to injury, characterized by mobilization of white blood cells and antibodies, swelling, and fluid accumulation.
A reaction of tissue or joints to injury or disease that shows up as swelling, heat, redness and/or pain.
A non-specific term describing a reaction at the cellular level resulting from injury or irritation. Inflammatory responses lead to repair. Inflammation can occur anywhere in the body and from many different causes.
MSM works on aches and pains associated with systematic inflammatory disorders.
Localized redness, swelling, and pain in response to infection or injury.
Part of the body's normal process in dealing with injury or infection. There is an increased blood supply to the area, allowing the white blood cells access to the area. White blood cells produce substances which escalate this process. This causes the warmth, swelling and redness associated with an inflamed area.
A response in the body that includes swelling and redness
increased blood flow in response to infection and certain chronic conditions. One of the body's defense mechanisms. Symptoms of inflammation include redness, swelling, pain, and heat.
tissue affected by heat, swelling, redness and pain, often as a result of damage or infection.
a protective tissue reaction to trauma often with pain, heat, redness, swelling, and/or loss of function. Inflammation may be caused by mechanical trauma, infections by bacteria or viruses, by immune reactions, and other causes.
A process by which the body's white blood cells and chemicals protect the body against infection and foreign substances such as bacteria and viruses. Inflammation is characterized by redness, warmth, swelling, and pain.
Reddening of a tissue in response to injury or infection.
A physical response to injury or infection, in which the area affected is painful, swollen, warm to the touch, reddened, and sometimes, nonfunctional.
The response of the tissues of the body to injury, infection or irritation. Its chief symptoms are redness, heat, swelling, and pain.
A series of reactions, which bring cells and molecules of the immune system to sites of infection or damage. This appears as an increase in blood supply, increased vascular permeability and increased transendothelial migration of leucocytes.
Inflammation is a process by which the body's white blood cells and chemicals protect our bodies from infection by foreign substances, such as bacteria and viruses. Any disease that ends with the suffix –itis is by definition due to inflammation (from American Heritage Dictionary). In some diseases, however, the body's defense system - the immune system - triggers an inflammatory response when there are no foreign substances to fight off. In these diseases, called autoimmune diseases, the body's normally protective immune system causes damage to its own tissues. The body responds as if normal tissues are infected or somehow abnormal (from WebMD).
The immediate, defensive reaction to any injury.
The reaction of tissues to injury from trauma, infection, or irritating substances. Affected tissue can be swollen, hot, red, and/or tender. Oxygen availability may be reduced in these tissues.
The initial stage of combustion during which the energy supplied from an external source gives rise to self-acceleration of chemical reaction owing to increasingly growing accumulation of heat (thermal self-inflammation) or transient reactive species (chain inflammation)
redness, heat, or pain that indicates an injury to tissue.
in-flam-AY-shun Increased blood flow and accumulation of fluid and phagocytes at the site of an injury, rendering it inhospitable to bacteria. 791
A complex reaction of the innate immune system in vascularized tissues that involves the accumulation and activations of leukocytes and plasma proteins at the site of infection, toxin exposure or cell injury. Inflammation is initiated by changes in blood vessels that promote leukocyte recruitment. Local adaptive immune responses can promote inflammation. Although inflammation serves a protective function in controlling infections and promoting tissue repair, it can also cause tissue damage and disease (1).
The body's reaction to injury, disease, or surgery. Most medications used after surgery is to control inflammation.
Reaction of vascularized living tissue to injury.
A localized response to tissue injury characterized by swelling, redness, heat, tenderness, and loss of function.
A typical reaction of tissues to injury or disease, usually marked by four signs: pain, swelling, redness, and heat. It may be acute (as in a bum or in gouty arthritis) or chronic (as in rheumatoid arthritis or chronic infections such as tuberculosis).
The succession of changes that occur in living tissue when it is injured. The inflamed area undergoes continuous change as the body repair processes start to heal and replace injured tissue. Inflammation may also occur as a result of an inappropriate immune response (e.g., in autoimmune disorders).
redness, swelling, heat, and pain in a tissue due to chemical or physical injury, infection, or allergic reaction.
any form of swelling or pain or irritation
A localized protective response elicited by injury or destruction of tissues, which serves to destroy, dilute or isolate both the injurious agent and the injured tissue. It is characterized in the acute form by the classical signs of pain (dolor), heat (calor), redness (rubor), swelling (tumor) and loss of function. Histologically, it involves a complex series of events, including dilatation of arterioles, capillaries and venules, with increased permeability and blood flow, exudation of fluids, including plasma proteins and leucocytic migration into the inflammatory focus.
The reaction of a body tissue to an infection or irritation, which is characterised by pain, redness, swelling and sometimes a loss of function.
Swelling, heat, pain and discoloration in body tissue resulting from infection, irritation, or physical injury.
the way the body reacts to injury; redness, warmth, swelling and pain usually occur.
a process in which the body's white blood cells and chemicals can protect us from infection and foreign substances such as bacteria and viruses.
The body's characteristic reaction to infection or injury, resulting in redness, swelling, heat, and pain.
An immune system response to infection, irritation, or other injury, which usually results in redness, warmth, swelling, and pain in the affected area.
Redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat and disturbed function of an area of the body.
Swelling is a response of the body to infection or damage
Localized heat, redness, swelling and pain; usually as a result of infection or irritation.
Redness, swelling, heat and pain resulting from injury to tissue (parts of the body underneath the skin). Also known as swelling.
A process where more blood cells and infection fighting substances are present in part of the body. In the skin this causes redness, heat, swelling and soreness or irritation. All these features are present in eczema.
The result of the body's attempts to fight off and wall off an area that is infected. Inflammation results in the classic signs of redness, heat, swelling, and loss of function.
the response of the immune system to injury, infection or irritation. Inflammation is a key part of the healing response and is often accompanied by redness, warmth, swelling and/or pain of the affected part. In autoimmune diseases such as MS, inflammation can have a harmful effect on the bodyâ€(tm)s organs and tissues.
A characteristic reaction of tissues to injury or disease. It is marked by four signs: swelling, redness, heat, and pain. Human leucocyte antigen (HLA): Immune system markers strongly associated with the causes(s) of psoriasis.
A characteristic reaction of tissues to injury or disease. It is marked by four signs: swelling, redness, heat, and pain. Inflammation is not a symptom of fibromyalgia.
A response from an injury that may be characterized by redness, heat, pain, swelling and loss of function.
Tissue reaction to injury. The redness, heat and pain produced as a result of cancer treatments.
A localized protective response of the body tissues to injury, irritation, or infection; characterized by pain, swelling, redness, and heat. Vasculitis is inflammation within the blood vessels.
The body's response to injury or invasion by a foreign substance, such as a bacterial infection, during which time its immune system is activated.
A reaction to the invasion of microorganisms through the skin or through the epithelial layers of the respiratory, digestive, or urinary system; characterized by four signs: redness, swelling, heat, and pain.
This is a defensive reaction of body tissues to injury. It can happen quickly (acute) or over time. Inflammation results in pain, heat, swelling and loss of function of the tissue.
The localised response of a tissue to injury, involving a complex series of interactions including altered blood flow and cells of the immune system. Still poorly understood in the brain and spinal cord.
A reaction of soft tissue due to injury that may include malfunction, discomfort, rise in temperature, swelling and increased blood supply.
Acne can cause inflammation, which is the first response of the immune system to infection or irritation. Inflammation is characterised by the following 5 signs: redness, heat, swelling, pain and dysfunction of the organs involved.
the body's response to tissue injury or infection, which typically includes increased vessel dilation and permeability, resulting in redness, swelling, heat and pain.
General response of organisms to irritation or injury. The process is characterised by increased blood supply to the area; signs include reddening, swelling, raised temperature, and pain.
an immune reaction that occurs in response to any type of bodily injury. Can include redness, heat, swelling, or pain.
A response of redness, swelling, pain, and a feeling of heat in certain areas that is meant to protect tissues affected by injury or disease.
A reaction of tissues to injury or disease; inflammation is marked by swelling, redness, heat, and pain. In some cases, inflammation is not evident in chronic pain.
A local response to cell injury that is marked by redness, heat, and pain.
reaction of the body to irritation, injury, or infection that causes pain, swelling, and redness
A natural response of the body to injury characterized by recruitment of specialized white blood cells into the tissues, edema and increased metabolic activity. Inflammation can occur in any part of the body including the airways; in the skin, inflammation is accompanied by swelling, redness, and pain. These signs also occur during inflammation of the airways and can be seen during bronchoscopy.
A typical reaction of tissue to injury or disease. It is marked by four signs: swelling, redness, heat, and pain.
A basic way in which the body reacts to infection, irritation or other injury, the key feature being redness, warmth, swelling and pain. Inflammation is now recognized as a type of nonspecific immune response.
The body's natural response to injury and tissue damage. It is characterised by pain, swelling, heat, redness and loss of function. It is the first stage of the body's natural healing response.
A physical condition in which part of the body becomes red and swollen after infection
The end result of the reaction of the immune system to any foreign infection
an immune reation that occurs in respons to any type of bodily injury. Can include reness heat swelling or pain.
The body's response to injury or infection. Inflammation may result in pain, swelling, and damage to the affected body part.
A response to injury. Swelling is one sign of inflammation.
A process in which part of the body can become hot and swollen, not necessarily directly due to an infection.
body's response to invasion by a foreign substance often accompanied by swelling, increased local temperature and infection.
the body's response to surgery, injury, irritation, infection, or some foreign substances, often associated with pain, heat, redness, swelling, and/or loss of function.
redness, pain and swelling in an injured or infected tissue, produced as a result of the body's healing response.
an area of heat, redness, pain or swelling around an injury or infection
redness, swelling, heat, and pain in a tissue caused by injury, infection, or hypersensitivity to an allergen
The body's response to injury, infection or other attacks. On the skin, this can be seen as redness and swelling. In the CNS an attack on the myelin sheath results on accumulation of white blood cells and fluid, called oedema (swelling)
the body's reaction to trauma, infection, or a foreign substance, often associated with pain, heat, redness, swelling, and/or loss of function.
a response in the body that may include swelling and redness.
a collection of immune system cells and molecules that invade tissues and organs as part of an immune system response.
Inflammation is commonly associated with an elevated tissue copper level, particularly when the sodium/potassium ratio is greater than 6.00/l. Copper frequently acts as an analgesic and may rise in response to an inflammatory process. Copper combined with aspirin, for example, increases the pain-alleviating qualities of aspirin. However, copper's destructive effect upon protein structures can also cause inflammation in certain cases.
Normally protective response to physical/chemical injury, infection or a local immune response leading to tissue damage where loss of function may accompany swelling, redness, heat and pain; fluid, white blood cells and plasma proteins accumulate.
Inflammation is the redness, swelling, heat and pain in a tissue due to chemical or physical injury, or to infection. It is a characteristic of allergic reactions in the nose, lungs, and skin.
Response of body tissues to injury. Typical signs are heat, swelling, redness, and pain.
Redness, swelling, and itching of body tissues such as the nose, resulting from an allergic reaction.
The body's natural response to injury in which the injury site might display various degrees of pain, swelling, heat, redness and/or loss of function.
the bodies natural reaction to injury or abnormal stimulation caused by a physical, chemical or biological agent. Can include heat, redness, swelling and pain due to the underlying efforts to remove agents causing the damage and to begin the repair and healing process.
A tissue response to cell destruction involving a change in fluid level and circulation with resulting change in metabolism and heat production.
swelling, redness, and pain resulting from irritation or infection.
A specific response of the body to injury. Such injury may be due to living agents or from mechanical, chemical or electrical causes. Inflammation is characterized by redness, pain, heat and swelling.
Redness or swelling caused by injury or infection.
a reaction that causes pain, redness, and/or swelling in a part of the body that has been injured Return to previous page
A condition in which the body is trying to respond to localized injury or destruction of tissues. All or some of these signs are present: redness, heat, swelling, pain and loss of function.
a general term used to describe the local dilation of blood vessels and the corresponding local accumulation of fluid, proteins and white blood cells in response to physical injury, infection or local immune response (eg. caused by immune complexes). Leukopenia - a reduction in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
a normal reaction to injury or disease, which results in swelling, pain, and stiffness.
a local defensive reaction caused by an injury or the destruction of tissue.
An immune response that occurs in reaction to any type of bodily injury.
Heat, swelling, redness or pain indicating your body's reaction to injury or disease. May result from physical damage, infection, or surgery.
The pain and/or loss of function caused when the body's tissues are injured or diseased.
the swelling of tissue resulting from disease or injury.
a condition where the body tissue reacts to injury with. swelling, redness, pain, and heat.
The body's response to an infection, symptoms include redness, pain, swelling, and heat.
A desised condition of some part of the body resulting from injury, infection, irritation, etc, and characterized by redness, pain, heat and swelling.
Redness, swelling, heat, and pain that form in an area of the body because of injury, illness, allergic reaction, or infection.
A pathologic process consisting of a dynamic complex of cytologic and chemical reactions that occur in affected blood vessels and adjacent tissues in response to abnormal stimuli. Airway inflammation may always be present, even when an individual is asymptomatic. There is increasing evidence that, if left untreated, inflammation can damage the airways and cause long - term loss of lung function.
the body's reaction to an irritant leading to swelling and redness.
the body's reaction to injury. A repair process that produces pain, swelling, redness.
A tissue reaction in which increased numbers of cells invade the tissues. These cells release chemicals that cause changes such an increase in mucus production, swollen linings of airways, and constriction of the airways due to muscle spasm.
redness, pain, heat, swelling creating a protective response to tissue injury; designed to destroy, dilute or wall of infecting agent or injured tissue
Is characterized by pain, heat, redness, swelling; usually as a result of an injury or infection.
Body's reaction to tissue injury or infection, which serves to destroy both the injurious agent and the injured tissue. It is characterized in the acute form by pain, heat, redness, swelling and loss of function. On a cellular level, it involves a complex sequence of events, including widening of blood vessels, which results increased passage of molecules in and out of blood vessels and increased blood flow, secretion of more fluids, including proteins and movement of white blood cells into the inflammatory location. Origin: L. Inflammatio, inflammare = to set on fire
Redness of tissues from the body’s reaction by bringing more blood to the area
A process in the body tissues where all of the bodies' immune defenses including white blood cells and macrophages are drawn into one or more areas in response to tissue injury. The result of this activity may eventually lead to repair and resolution of the disease process or may even contribute to further tissue injury if not eventually treated and controlled. It is important to note that inflammation is not the same as infection and in fact in the majority of situations inflammation occurs in the absence of any live microorganisms.
The process of cytokine release and phagocyte activation resulting in redness, swelling, pain and warmth at the site of injury.
Pathologic al reaction of an organ or tissue, characterised by heath/warmth (Latin: calor), redness (Latin: rubor) and pain (Latin: dolor). Often caused by bacteria or viruses, but also as an accompanying symptom to tumour, or caused by injuries or over-exposure to stimuli.
A local response to cellular injury that is marked by capillary dilation, leukocytic infiltration, redness, heat, pain, swelling, and often loss of function. It also serves as a mechanism initiating the elimination of noxious agents and of damaged tissue.
Inflammation is the body's defence against perceived invaders. It is caused when white blood cells invade and surround the offending invader. It is often characterised by redness, heat and swelling.
Protective response to tissue injury. Designed to destroy, dilute or block off the injured tissue; characterised by pain, redness, heat, swelling and loss of function.
A protective response by the body to injury or destruction of tissue; symptoms may include swelling, redness, heat, or pain.
Redness, swelling, pain, and/or a feeling of heat in an area of the body. This is a protective reaction to injury, disease, or irritation of the tissues.
The result of being inflamed or damaged marked by four signs: swelling, redness, heat, and pain.
Inflammation is the reaction of living tissues to injury, infection or irritation. Inflamed tissues are characterized by pain, swelling, redness and heat. Anything that stimulates the inflammatory response is said to be inflammatory.
The body's response to irritation or injury; marked by swelling, redness, warmth and pain.
A reaction to injury that may include redness, heat and swelling.
A tissue reaction to irritation, infection or injury, marked by localized heat, swelling, redness, pain, and sometimes loss of function.
A response by tissues in the body to injury that is marked by redness, heat, pain, swelling and sometimes loss of function.
one of the body's defense mechanisms, results in increased blood flow in response to infection and certain chronic conditions. Symptoms of inflammation include redness, swelling, pain, and heat.
(3) - a localized protective response elicited by injury or destruction of tissues, which serves to destroy, dilute or wall off (sequester) both the injurious agent and the injured tissue.
response to injury or foreign invasion designed to protect the body; the symptoms are heat, redness, swelling, and pain
Pain, redness, swelling, and heat that develop in response to tissue irritation or injury. It usually is caused by the immune system's response to the body's contact with a foreign substance, such as an allergen or pathogen.
in allergic rhinitis, redness and swelling of the nasal passages.
This is the body's response to injury or infection. It causes the affected area to become red, hot, painful and swollen.
The body's response to an infection, irritation, or injury. The most common signs are swelling, redness, or warmth.
A response of the tissues to an irritant substance from outside. In the airways, inflammation results in swelling, redness and increased airway secretions.
The body's response to an infection. It can result in pain, redness, swelling, heat, or loss of function.
This is the body's reaction to irritation, infection, or injury. Signs of inflammation can include redness, heat, pain, or swelling.
A localized protective response elicited by injury of tissues which serves to destroy the injurious agent. In AD, inflammation seems to occur in response to beta-amyloid production, accelerating the loss of neurons in the brain.
A protective reaction by tissues to injury or destruction of tissues; signs of acute inflammation include pain, heat, redness, swelling and loss of function. nflammatory Bowel Disease: a group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel; symptoms include abdominal pain and course may be unpredictable; most common types are ulcerative colitis and Crohn's Disease.
A localized protective reaction of tissue to irritation, injury, or infection, characterized by pain, redness, swelling, and sometimes loss of function.
The result of the immune system reacting to unwanted stimulation. It shows as swelling, pain, tenderness, redness and/or heat. Immune system cells are seen in the specimen being examined. These inflammatory cells include 1) neutrophils, which are the white blood cells that make up pus and are seen in acute or early inflammations, 2) lymphocytes, which are typically seen in more chronic or longstanding inflammations, and 3) macrophages (histiocytes), which are also seen in chronic inflammation. Some types of inflammation are readily diagnosable such as an infected skin wound, others require a biopsy to show the cause and prove they are not NEOPLASMS. The suffix "-itis" is appended to a root word to indicate "inflammation of".
The response of the body's tissue to injury or irritation, marked by redness, heat, swelling and pain.
a localized protective response induced by injury or destruction of tissues. It is characterised in the acute form by the classical signs of pain, heat, redness, swelling and loss of function. Histologically, it's characterized by dilatation of arterioles, capillaries and venules, with increased permeability and blood flow (cause heat and redness), exudation of fluids, including plasma proteins and leucocytic migration into the inflammatory focus (cause pain, swelling and loss of function).
First response of the immune system to injury or infection of body tissue; characterized by swelling, redness, pain, and occasionally loss of function in the affected area.
(in-fla-ma-shun) This is a fundamental pathologic process. It consists of a dynamic change in the action of cells in the affected blood vessels and tissues, caused by a physical chemical biological agent. The main signs of inflammation are redness, pain, warmth and swelling accompanied with or without loss of function.
The body's protective response to injury (including infection). Inflammation is marked by heat, redness, swelling, pain, and loss of function.
A protective response of the tissues of the body to irritation, injury or infection. It is characterized by redness, heat, swelling and pain. The condition may be chronic or acute.
The protective response of body tissue to irritation or injury.
The body's reaction to injury or disease. Surgery that alters the eye, such as PRK or LASIK, can also cause inflammation.
A reaction of the body to irritation generally characterized by marked redness. May be accompanied by swelling, heat, or pain.
Redness, warmth, swelling, and/or pain that results when the immune system responds to infection, irritation, or other injury.
non-specific reaction caused by an exogenous harmful stimulus.
The result of the release of body chemicals at a site of tissue damage. There are normally four main symptoms of inflammation - heat, pain, redness and swelling. The injury leading to inflammation may be caused by chemicals, physical injury, bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic infection or by an antigenic reaction.
Localized redness, warmth, swelling and pain as a result of infection, irritation or injury. Joint: A joint is the area where two bones are attached for the purpose of motion of body parts. A joint is usually formed of fibrous connective tissue and cartilage.
A response to tissue injury that causes redness, swelling, and sometimes pain.
A response to tissue injury that can cause redness, swelling, and pain.
Redness and swelling, with or without pain.
Swelling and warmth that may be associated with pain as a result of accumulation of blood in the injured or infected area to let the white blood cells heal.
An immune system reaction to what is perceived as a foreign organism attacking the body; this reaction causes tissue to become swollen, red, hot, and painful.
A condition in which the cow's body seeks to eliminate or neutralize invading microorganisms and repair damaged tissue.
Swelling frequently associated with pain due to activation of bodyâ€(tm)s defense system against an injury or disease.
Part of the body’s response to injury or disease in which cells and molecules of the immune system attempt to attack the causes of disease or injury, and repair damage.
Localized protective response to tissue injury or destruction. In an acute form, it is characterized by pain, heat, redness, and swelling in the injured area.
(in-fla-MAY-shun) - In people with asthma, a term for the swelling in the airways of your lungs. Airway inflammation is always there, even when you are not having symptoms.
Our body's response to invasion by a pathogen (disease-causing organism), irritation by a generally harmless substance (allergic reaction) or a physical blow. Inflammation limits tissue damage and helps protect against further harm. Symptoms include redness, heat, swelling and pain. The inflammatory response is due to chemicals such as prostaglandins, which are released during tissue damage.
A protective reaction, of the body, to tissue injury that may produce swelling.
Inflammation is the immune system's protective reaction to an irritant. Chronic (persistent) inflammation often involves formation of new connective tissue - and thickening of existing tissue - which can create problems. For example, in COPD it can make the airways narrower.
Human tissue's natural reaction to trauma; often accompanied by discomfort, redness and swelling
The way in which the human body reacts to infection, irritation or injury. indications are redness, warmth, swelling and pain .
reddening and swelling of body tissue as a reaction to infection or cellular injury.
A condition of the skin characterized by fever, redness, swelling, pain or itching and failure of the function of that body part or system.
The body's response to tissue damage characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain.
the response of the tissues of the body to irritation or injury. The signs of inflammation are redness, heat, swelling, and pain.
A protective mechanism by the body in response to an injury or a destruction of tissue by various causes.
The reaction that occurs in the affected cells and adjacent tissues in response to an injury or abnormal stimulation caused by a physical, chemical, or biological substance.
Inflammation is the body's response to infection, irritation or injury, which causes redness, swelling, pain and sometimes a feeling of heat in the affected area.
Inflammation means tissues or organs have become red and swollen (inflamed). Inflammation of the airways narrows them, allowing less air to flow through them, and is one cause of asthma symptoms.
A by-product of the immune response, the body's protective reaction of tissue to injury or infection, characterized by redness, pain, swelling, heat, and sometimes impaired function.
Swelling, redness, heat and pain caused by injury such as infection.
Swelling, redness, warmth and pain. A body tissue's protective response to injury.
The reaction of the body to irritation with accompanying redness, pain , heat and swelling.
The protective response of a tissue or organ to injury, destruction, or infection.
Inflammation is the first response of the immune system to infection or irritation and may be referred to as the innate cascade. Inflammation is characterised by the following quintet: redness (rubor), heat (calor), swelling (tumor), pain (dolor) and dysfunction of the organs involved (functio laesa). The first four characteristics have been known since ancient times and are attributed to Celsus; functio laesa was added to the definition of inflammation by Rudolf Virchow in 1858.