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Re:Post-intensive care syndrome results from continuous infl... by lostlogin on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:27PM (#22425115)
> Big part of the problem is that inflammation is beneficial, only chronic inflammation is a problem.

But what about anaphylaxis, hay fever, mild allergies etc. There are plenty of acute or non-chronic inflammatory conditions that are a problem.

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Re:Post-intensive care syndrome results from continuous infl... by AstralStorm on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:52PM (#22425385)
We have acute antiinflammatories for these cases. And they have serious side effects, especially treatments for asthmatics.

Now interesting part here is the mechanism which is different from the one targeted by current drugs.

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