What is Inflammation?
Inflammation is your body’s natural response to injury, infection, or irritation. It is a protective process where your immune system activates to heal damaged tissue and defend against harmful invaders. There are two main types of inflammation:
- Acute inflammation: A short-term, visible response such as redness, swelling, heat, and pain. This type helps your body heal from injuries like cuts, bee stings, or sprains.
- Chronic inflammation: A low-level, long-lasting inflammation that may not show obvious symptoms but can silently damage your body over time.
Understanding Chronic Inflammation
Chronic inflammation is a long-lasting, low-grade inflammatory response that can persist for months, years, or even decades, silently affecting your body at the cellular level. Unlike acute inflammation, which is a short-term defense mechanism that helps the body heal from injuries and fight infections, chronic inflammation continues even when the body no longer needs it. This ongoing internal stress gradually damages tissues, organs, and cells, increasing the risk of serious health conditions such as heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, autoimmune disorders, hormonal imbalances, digestive issues, and certain types of cancer. Many functional medicine and wellness specialists recognize chronic inflammation as a key driver of aging, fatigue, and poor overall health. Early detection through testing and personalized anti-inflammatory therapies—including IV vitamin therapy, ozone therapy, natural supplements like turmeric and omega-3s, and lifestyle interventions—is essential for reducing inflammation and supporting long-term wellness, immune system balance, and cellular health.
Causes of Chronic Inflammation
Common causes of chronic inflammation include persistent infections, diets high in processed foods and refined sugars, frequent alcohol consumption, smoking, poor-quality or insufficient sleep, chronic stress, exposure to environmental toxins, and excess body weight. These factors place ongoing stress on the immune system, triggering long-term, low-grade inflammation that can disrupt hormone balance, weaken gut health, impair cellular function, and increase the risk of serious health conditions such as heart disease, autoimmune disorders, metabolic dysfunction, and chronic fatigue. Addressing these underlying causes through functional medicine approaches, anti-inflammatory nutrition, lifestyle modifications, and targeted therapies can help reduce inflammation, support immune system balance, and promote overall wellness and cellular health.
Measuring Chronic Inflammation
Doctors and functional medicine specialists typically detect chronic inflammation through specialized blood tests, including C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and homocysteine levels. These key biomarkers reveal hidden or low-grade inflammation within the body, helping healthcare providers assess overall inflammatory load, identify potential disease risks, and design personalized anti-inflammatory treatment plans. Early detection of chronic inflammation allows for targeted interventions such as IV vitamin therapy, ozone therapy, natural supplements, and lifestyle modifications, supporting long-term cellular health, immune system balance, and overall wellness.
Impact on Health
Chronic inflammation is widely recognized as a root cause of many serious health conditions. In cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease, persistent inflammation weakens artery walls and promotes the buildup and rupture of arterial plaque, which can lead to heart attacks, strokes, and other critical cardiovascular events. Beyond the heart, chronic inflammation damages blood vessels, disrupts metabolic function, and contributes to long-term organ dysfunction. Addressing chronic inflammation early through targeted anti-inflammatory therapies, functional medicine approaches, and lifestyle modifications is essential for reducing disease risk, supporting immune system balance, and promoting long-term cellular health and overall wellness.
Natural Support at VIVASol
At VivaSol, we provide a range of science-backed therapies and targeted supplements designed to reduce and manage chronic inflammation effectively. Our anti-inflammatory treatment options include intravenous (IV) vitamin therapy to support cellular repair and regeneration, ozone therapy to boost immune function, and natural anti-inflammatory supplements such as frankincense, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D, and turmeric. These integrative therapies work synergistically to calm the body’s inflammatory response, promote detoxification, strengthen immune system function, improve cellular health, and enhance overall wellness. By combining functional medicine strategies with advanced therapies, we help patients address the root causes of inflammation and support long-term health and vitality.
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