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Pathophysiology and pathogenesis of inflammation

  • Al Jouf University
  • Qassim University
  • Suresh Gyan Vihar University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

14 Scopus citations

Abstract

The objective of this chapter is to understand the pathophysiology and pathogenesis of pain and inflammation. Inflammation is the most prevalent issue and also challenging to diagnose. To put it simply, pain and inflammation are complicated, encompassing psychological and behavioral components as well as the consequences of physical trauma, disease, or surgery. When you undergo inflammation and its manifestations, you’ll have an uncomfortable feeling accompanied by a potentially harmful impact on tissue, or equal of such damage. Inflammation occurs when tissue injury and inflammation-inducing factors such as histamine, cytokines, and others lead to venular dilatation, increased vascular permeability, and entrance of inflammatory components. The stress responses promote inflammation, which is an essential component of it. Once the problematic agent is removed, the mission can be ended and inflammation will be terminated. In this chapter we discuss the order of events and their accompanying mediators during the process of short-term inflammation as well as discuss the possible morphology patterns. This talk proceeds with the most important features of chronic inflammation. Inflammation is produced by a variety of mediators such IL, PG, PAF, LT, and cytokines, which that leads to pain.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRecent Developments in Anti-Inflammatory Therapy
PublisherElsevier
Pages1-9
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9780323999885
ISBN (Print)9780323914161
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cell-derived mediators
  • Histamine
  • Inflammation
  • Inflammatory mediators
  • Leukotrine
  • Prostaglandin

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