Inflammation Research Paper

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Inflammation is the response of cellular or tissue damage. Inflammation happens in order to keep the damage contained to one area, destroy the infection, and initiate the adaptive immune response (Huether and McCance 137). The signs of inflammation taking place are heat, redness, swelling, and pain and even loss of function sometimes (Huether and McCance 137). There are many processes that take place while inflammation is occurring these are vasodilation, increased vascular permeability, and white blood cell adherence. Vasodilation allows more blood to flow to the area that is injured. The increased permeability causes blood vessels to become porous and more leaky which in turn causes swelling (Huether and McCance 137). Increased permeability