Inflammation is one of the body’s reponses to a threat.

Inflammation is literally a flood of fluids containing immune system cells. They get released from the blood into body tissues to help clear infections. This is why infected areas of the body get swollen.(1)

Inflammation occurs when the body is invaded by a virus like SARS-CoV-2, the Covid virus.

Short term inflammation is necessary for survival. Chronic or extreme inflammation on the other hand is a threat to survival.

Chronic inflammation is a companion to mental health issues, with the severity of inflammation apparently proportional to the severity of the mental illness. Schizophrenics, for example, tend to have extensive inflammation. High levels of stress and poor sleeping habits also contribute to chronic inflammation.

An existing chronic inflammation can become an excessive response when a new threat such as Covid enters the body. The new threat can drive the immune system…