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The Inflammation Theory of Disease

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The Importance of Fluid Collection in Inflammation

The reason why your capillaries are expanding around the ankle sprain or around the cut is, it's basically just saying like, Hey, we need to get more blood there. And then consequently your lymph nodes, you know, when those get kind of swollen when you're sick, that's because all the inflamed stuff that those macrophages are eating and carrying out, take them to the lymph nodes. Your lymph nodes get swollen from overwork and eventually go back down once they drain out all that crud. The same thing to also chuck for your running nose. Yes, it's because the your mucus membranes are inflamed. By bringing more fluid to the site,

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