Inflammation - The Scourge of Lipedema - Episode 5

Spotlight Lipedema

This Episode was long in coming. It took me a bit of time to figure out exactly how to address the topic of inflammation. I was inspired by a particularly bad bout with inflammation and thought that I really needed to be more mindful of what triggers it for me - and STOP DOING THAT! I'm sure I'm not alone.

Of course there were other things that would come up and I'd need to divert my attention away from the podcast and take care of other business.

So in Episode 5 we look at inflammation. I go over the differences between acute inflammation and chronic inflammation, triggers of inflammation and some of the things we can do to alleviate it when it happens.

I hope you find this episode enjoyable, informative and helpful. Let me know what else you would like to hear on the podcast.

Take care until next time!

Producer: Chris Duckett - https://www.duckettproductionservices.com/

Intro Music "Walk in the Park,"
Bumper Music "Folk Bed" and
Closing Music "In the Field" all courtesy of Jason Shaw at Audionautix - https://audionautix.com/index.php

Sources:

1. "What is Inflammation?" livescience.com, https://www.livescience.com/52344-inflammation.html
2. "Understanding and Managing Chronic Inflammation, healthline.com;, https://www.healthline.com/health/chronic-inflammation
3. Lymphedema Treatment Act: https://lymphedematreatmentact.org/
4. "Help us Shape the Conversation on Diversity in Research Participation!: https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/blog/2020/01/help-us-shape-conversation-diversity-research-participation?utm_source=NIA+Main&utm_campaign=69bb4babd7-20200115_blog&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ffe42fdac3-69bb4babd7-8209169&fbclid=IwAR1Jp17cqr_Tx5MTiDKo54XIlKwgPzbyNeKLP1GQKEMlYtzYNNWy9MyxCPY
5. "Inflammation," Foldi's Textbook of Lymphology for Physicians and Lymphedema Therapists," , Michael Foldi, Ethel Foldi, 2nd edition, 2006, Elsever, Urban & Fischer, pp 411-416.
6. "10 Causes of Inflammation," https://facty.com/ailments/inflammation/10-causes-of-inflammation/2/
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8. "Sleep and inflammation: partners in sickness and in health." Michael R. Irwin, 9 July 2019, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-019-0190-z