Chronic inflammation can induce negative effects and worsen your health status as you age. The signs of chronic inflammation are often overlooked or ignored due to their subtle nature and might start to appear frequently in your 50s and include;
- Endless fatigue
- Fever
- Skin rash
- Unintended weight gain or loss.
- I8ncreased gastrointestinal infections
- Persistent infections
- Anxiety
- Mouth sores
Causes
From my research, the top causatives or of chronic inflammation are;
Living with untreated acute inflammation trigger such as internal injuries and infections.
Frequent autoimmune disorders that arise due to destruction of healthy cells, tissues and organs due to wrong release in the defending antibodies and proteins.
Prolonged exposure to toxins like polluted environments and industrial chemicals.
Being overweight, binge drinking, living a sedentary lifestyle, obesity and chronic stress can also increase your risk
What threat it poses to overall health
Chronic inflammation alters and impairs the natural inflammatory response in the body leading to destruction of healthy tissues, organs and cells. this causes damage of DNA tissues, internal scarring, increase risk of serious health conditions like asthma, dementia, cancer, obesity, cognitive decline, type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disorders, and rheumatoid arthritis.
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