Inflammation is your body’s repair crew. After a cut, a hard workout or a cold, it shows up, does its job and leaves.
Sometimes it doesn’t leave. Stress, short nights, sitting most of the day, processed food and the hormonal changes of midlife can keep a low level of inflammation running in the background. It rarely feels like pain. It feels like the small signals you notice every day and get used to.
Short-termYour body’s normal response to an injury or infection. It peaks, then settles within days.
Long-term, low-gradeA quieter response that lingers for months. This is the kind that shows up as puffiness, fog and fatigue.