Inflammation, Prescription Drugs, and Natural Remedies to Reduce Inflammation

Recent research has linked internal inflammation to all kinds of different diseases

including many of the most deadly ones including heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes. Conditions of the brain such as Alzheimer's and dementia may be linked as well.

This development begs one to ask whether an approach to treating disease through the current batch of harsh prescription medications will over time be proven to be an effective practice, or one that while thought to be effective at the time, was indeed deemed to be infective over the long haul.

When your body become inflamed internally it is a similar process to that seen externally when you have a small cut or scrap that becomes red and irritated.

When inflammation occurs externally the body is using the immune system and its army of white blood cells to kill any invading bacteria and make it possible for the healing process to begin.

When inflammation is occurring internally it is much the same process but the results may turn out entirely different.

For instance let's look at an example when inflammation takes place inside our arteries.

The interior lining of the artery can become damaged in a number of different ways, such as having excessive amounts of blood lipids (fats) racing through our arteries, smoking, certain amino acids produced by eating too much protein which may scuff up the arteries, and possibly some of the hormones produced by the body during times of stress.

As the arterial inflammation set's in a blister-like formation forms on the artery wall causing bad cholesterol to seep between the tissue layers and become inflamed. The body quickly responds with an inflammatory response.

In the mean time the artery begins to expand under the strain, which reduces the amount of blood available to cycled and recycled through the cardiovascular system. Over time the festering blister is covered by a hard layer of calcium, forming a protective shell. If the inflamed area were to burst and block the artery the ensuing result would be a heart attack or stroke.

But what if similar lesser known forms of inflammation were going on in other areas of the body, what would be the overall impact on our general health. And is it possible that even the prescription medications that so many people are relying on to heal and protect themselves may be stirring up a toxic scenario internally that is resulting in a marked increase in internal inflammation?

Prescription medications and inflammation

Common sense would suggest that prescription medications probably do produce some inflammation internally. After all the whole theory behind most prescription medications is to force the body to perform an action that it would not normally do. For example the best selling statin medications for high cholesterol perform their magic by forcing the liver to produce less cholesterol, thus decreasing the chances of arterial plaque. Other examples would be drugs which modify brain chemical activity to produce or modify behavior.

These medications are concentrated to get the fast results we all are looking for, but at what price? Another anecdotal bit of information that might suggest that the use of certain prescription medications might cause internal inflammation is the long list of possible side effects so often associated with them.

Natural remedies, supplements, foods and inflammation

Most natural herbal and homeopathic remedies work slower thus creating less internal trauma when taken as directed. Others seem to actually reduce inflammation in the body. A couple of examples of this would be omega 3 fatty acids and certain B complex vitamins.

Certain foods such as cold water fatty fish, blueberries, green leafy vegetables, olive oil, flax seeds, and nuts may diffuse the ticking time bomb of runaway inflammation that could be eating us alive from the inside out.

In conclusion, controlling inflammation is about better understanding this stealthy foe and finding ways take away its power to harm us.

In many ways successful management may revolve around balance, since many prescription medications may be necessary.

The bottom line is if a person makes a effort to eat a diet rich in high in anti-inflammatory foods, high in antioxidants, along with implementing daily anti-inflammatory supplements such as fish oil, a maybe throwing in a dash of exercise for good measure, they will be giving themselves an excellent chance of at least controlling inflammation.

Inflammation, Prescription Drugs, and Natural Remedies to Reduce Inflammation

By: Rob D. Hawkins

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