You can’t see it. Not always. But inflammation maybe slowly damaging your entire body.

Inflammation, or swelling is part of the body’s natural healing system, and it helps us to fight against injury and infection. But it doesn’t just happen in response to an injury or an illness.

So, what happens when we have an inflammatory response when there’s no sign of injury or infection?

You will have experienced inflammation at some time in your life. Twisted your ankle? Been stung by bee? Bitten by an ant? Even when you've been ill with the flu or a viral infection you would have had an inflammatory response from your body... and the occurrence increases as we get older.