On: Why Does Inflammation Seem to Underlie All Sicknes...

[huffmsa]

Chronic inflammation worsens chronic illness.

Acute inflammation is generally good. Ice should only be applied when the swelling is cutting off blood flow

[catoc → huffmsa]

Acute inflammation severely increases damage after moderately severe ischemic stroke [in rats], which can be prevented by blocking the acute inflammatory response. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5257154_Interferon-...

[huffmsa → catoc]

Generally being the operative word. There are certainly cases where it's harmful.

[catoc → huffmsa]

And I thought it was interesting to provide such a counter example :-) HN generally appreciates factual knowledge

[manmal → huffmsa]

Ice baths seem to speed up recovery after exercise. But, the mechanisms by which this works are likely not limited to stopping inflammation.

[huffmsa → manmal]

There's actually little research that they do, beyond placebo. It works a lot better in animal trials than with humans. Probably because of differenced in our ability to actively cool ourselves.

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/46/4/296