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Chronic Inflammation, Rheumatic Diseases & Root Causes — for Health & Wellness Coaches, Holistic Healthcare Providers, Yoga Therapists, Yoga Teachers

Lesson Overview

In this lesson, we explore the vital significance of chronic inflammation and its causes, symptoms, and manifestations.

Objective

Be familiar with the vital significance of chronic inflammation and its serious disease manifestations, plus symptoms, tests, and root causes.

Description

Define inflammation. Define rheumatism. Distinguish acute and chronic inflammation. Note causes of chronic inflammation and explain the vitally important repercussions. Note where in the body inflammatory disease may occur. List root causes, symptoms and diseases associated with chronic inflammation. Discuss the link between inflammation and heart disease. Discuss aging and inflammation.

Vocabulary

colony stimulating factors (CSFs), cytokines, inflammaging, inflammation, inflammation (chronic), inflammatory mediators, interferons (IFNs), interleukins (ILs), rheumatism, transforming growth factor (TGF), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)

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