All cause inflammation, but relatively little is known about them and how they will progress.
The scientists suggested that the viruses could cause inflammation in the brain, which has been linked to dementia.
"If a shoe doesn't support the arch, the fascia will be stretched, and that can cause inflammation, " says Robbins.
Over time, this can cause inflammation, which, decades later, can lead to lung cancer, or a tumour called mesothelioma.
In the 1980s doctors began experimenting with ACE inhibitors because of their ability to block angiotensin, a protein long thought to cause inflammation.
The acquisition of SangStat gives Genzyme a new pipeline drug, RDP58, a protein that shuts down some of the molecular signals that cause inflammation.
But it will cause dirt and oil to accumulate on your scalp and hair follicles, and could cause inflammation and irritation that might stunt hair growth.
In more than 75% of female cases it occurs without symptoms, but, if left untreated, it may cause inflammation of the pelvis, spontaneous abortion and infertility.
It was found that a reduced-calorie diet cut the activity of genes linked to stress responses in the body that cause inflammation and the release of free radicals.
Itching may be severe, and scratching the rash can make it even itchier and cause more inflammation.
Getting comfortable when you sleep is important because a lack of sleep can cause joint inflammation and lowers your pain threshold, experts say.
In joints, gout can cause attacks of extreme inflammation and pain.
She had been experiencing discomfort in her right -- and serving -- shoulder, with initial tests leading doctors to believe inflammation was the cause.
When left untreated, the disease can cause infertility in women and painful, oozing inflammation in men.
Delivering DMSO directly to your bladder may reduce inflammation and possibly prevent muscle contractions that cause frequency, urgency and pain.
Inflammation can extend deep into dental tissue and cause the loss of supporting connective tissue.
Garret A. FitzGerald, a pharmacologist at the University of Pennsylvania, raised the first red flags about pharmaceuticals like Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra after he saw chemical reasons that the drugs, which all inhibit inflammation by blocking the same enzyme, might cause heart attacks.
To put it plainly, chronic inflammation can provide the framework for, if not outright cause, a lot of the major chronic disease states.
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Over time, if untreated, acid reflux leads to inflammation (esophagitis) and difficulty in swallowing that can cause a partial closing of the lower esophagus (stricture).
The mutated form of a gene called complement factor H may cause the immune system to go awry, resulting in too much inflammation in the eye.
Both drugs are among a class of medicines called Cox-2 inhibitors, which are meant to treat inflammation without the gastrointestinal bleeding that ibuprofen and aspirin can cause.
He said that, while the reason why obesity might cause such problems was not clear, it was possible that it increased inflammation, harming the chances of a successful pregnancy.
In 1952 Jonas Salk (1914-1995) and Albert Sabin (1906-1993) raced to come up with a vaccine for poliomyelitis--a virus that causes inflammation of nerve cells in the spinal cord, which can cause paralysis, atrophy of the skeletal muscles and death.
Inflammation of the hair follicles or bacterial infection of the scalp can also cause itching.
And the same bacteria also cause Reiter's syndrome, a disease whose victims suffer not only inflamed joints, but also inflammation of the eyes and the urinary tract.
The protein is thought to be a measure of inflammation in the arteries, and inflamed arteries are more likely to develop the clots that cause heart attacks and strokes.
But Liao argues that Zetia might actually make this inflammation worse and therefore may have less benefit at preventing heart attacks or even, theoretically, cause some harm.
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