Dr.Dropin can help you with a wide range of medical issues - the same issues a GP or emergency room can help you with.
Read more about infections and inflammation below.
Book an appointment✔️ We can see an infection when disease-causing microorganisms enter our body via, for example, the mouth, nose, or wounds and begin to multiply.
✔️ The body is full of good bacteria that help us fight the disease-causing microorganisms, so it is the latter that can cause infection.
✔️ When the immune system detects the microbes, they trigger an immune response that normally gives us the classic symptoms of infection.
✔️ So it is not the virus or the bacterium that gives us signs of disease, but our own immune system.
✔️ In the event of an infection, the body triggers an inflammatory reaction, which you can read more about below.
What is inflammation?
Inflammation is the same as "betennelse" in Norwegian. An inflammatory process or response occurs when the immune system recognizes the need to repair a damaged or infected area in the body. This inflammatory response can be caused by various factors such as infection, hypersensitivity as in allergies, or acute injury to the body like sprains.
Why do swelling and pain occur during inflammation?
The body's immune defense initiates multiple processes to combat viruses and bacteria or repair damaged tissue. To facilitate this, the body increases the diameter of blood vessels in a specific area. This allows fluid and immune cells to seep out from the bloodstream and into the tissue for repair. As a consequence, swelling occurs. Pain arises from pain receptors reacting to substances released by the immune system.
Local signs of inflammation and inflammation
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The general practitioners in our clinics have the same equipment to take tests and carry out examinations as at the GP
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