{"id":203,"date":"2021-01-18T16:37:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T16:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hannonchiropractic.com\/blog\/?p=203"},"modified":"2021-01-18T16:37:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T16:37:52","slug":"words-that-end-in-itis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hannonchiropractic.com\/blog\/words-that-end-in-itis\/","title":{"rendered":"Words that end in itis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Allow me to have a little English lesson combined with a\nhealth lesson.  Recall from English class\nwhat the term suffix means?  For many, it\nhas been awhile since your last English lesson, but a suffix is an affix that\nfollows the element to which it is added such as -ly in kindly.  In this article lets discuss the suffix\n“itis”.  Did you know that the\nsuffix “itis” is derived from Greek and Latin meaning inflammation?  So any time you see the suffix\n“itis”, start thinking that some body tissue is inflamed.  Inflammation to any tissue of the body causes\nswelling, heat, redness, pain and loss of function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a brief list of words ending in “itis”\nthat you might recognize, and some of their definitions:  arthritis is inflammation in a joint, colitis\nis inflammation of the colon, bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchial\ntubes, hepatitis is inflammation of the liver, and then there is appendicitis,\npericarditis, endometritis, pancreatitis, pharyngitis, cellulitis, sinusitis,\nbursitis, otitis, tendonitis, and many more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So now that we have established that words that end in\n“itis” are describing something that is inflamed, I want you to start\nthinking “why is that body part inflamed?”.  See, often times people are diagnosed with something,\nbut the underlying cause isn’t being addressed. \nThe majority of reasons why something can be inflamed can be classified\nin one of three categories; trauma, toxins, and thoughts.  As an example, if you crash your bicycle,\nthis is a trauma that can cause inflammation to your skin, muscles, tendons,\nbursa, joints, and more.  Even repetitive\nmovements could cause trauma to a joint; think repetitively swinging a hammer\nto an elbow.  Another form of trauma\ncould be eating something you know you have an allergy, or reaction, to.  An example of this would be someone who is\nlactose intolerant, but yet continues to eat dairy products.  This repetitive trauma from food would cause\ninflammation to the colon and much more.  Similarly chronic infection, say a virus, can\ncause inflammation of the liver; like in hepatitis.  Imagine now someone who inhales toxic chemicals,\nsay at a nail salon, and how that can be a toxic cause of inflammation to the\nlungs and sinuses.  Finally, in short stressful\nthoughts is linked to inflammation.  In\nfact stress, and inflammation, are both linked to most things that will cause\nus dis-ease.  So you see, if someone is\ntaking medications for their inflammation, but not removing the root source of\ntheir inflammation, they may not be able to achieve resolution of their\ndis-ease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What about medications to stop\ninflammation?”  You ask.  There are many drugs designed to reduce\ninflammation such as ibuprofen, naproxen, Celecoxib to name a few common\nones.  Common drug approaches to reducing\ninflammation include two general types: NSAIDs or nonsteroidal anti\ninflammatory drugs (with two general sub types COX-1 and COX-2) and steroid\ntype drugs such as prednisone (not to be confused with the steroids used by\nsome athletes and body builders); many will remember the COX-2 inhibitor drug\nVioxx which was pulled after nearly 60,000 people died from complications with\nthe drug. Generally, the drug approach attempts to block the natural chemicals\nthat promote the inflammation process; but remember that inflammation is\nnecessary to promote healing of injured tissues.  Side effects of NSAIDs include gastric\ndistress, bloody stools, ulcers, intestinal bleeding, leaky gut, and more.  NSAIDs are known to deplete vitamin C,\nfolate, potassium, and iron.  Steroid\ntype drugs have known side effects which include suppressing natural cortisol\nproduction, weight gain, bone loss, and ligament detachment.  Steroid drugs are known to deplete vitamin C,\nvitamin D, folic acid, zinc, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and selenium.  One major concern with taking drugs to reduce\ninflammation is the cycle it often creates. \nTaking anti inflammation drugs, will reduce pain and inflammation, but it\nwill deplete some of the nutrients necessary for repair tissue.  The person “feels better” and\nreturns to normal activities of daily life, despite not being healed and causes\nfurther damage.  The person then\nincreases the medication dosage, or switches to a stronger medication, which\nreduces pain and further depletes nutrients. \nThe person again returns to activities of normal every day life, without\nhealing and rehabbing, and the cycle continues. \nIn other words inflammation, and the pain it creates, is limiting and\noften when people stop inflammation with medications they immediately return to\nnormal activities of daily living due to the decrease in pain, causing further\ninjury, or damage, to the already vulnerable tissues.  Not a good cycle to be caught up in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Try to think of pain from inflammation as your body’s check\nengine light coming on and your body is trying to tell you something is not\nright and needs to be addressed before something worse happens.  Inflammation therefore is not the problem,\nbut more an effect of an underlying root cause. \nLets not demonize inflammation. \nInflammation is good and is 100% necessary.  Inflammation is the normal body response to\nrepair in acute situations.  Inflammation\nstarts the body’s innate healing process by removing damaged tissues and cells\nso that they can be replaced with new healthier cells; inflammation can also\nfight pathogens.  Our body is in a\nconstant state of breaking down tissues and rebuilding with new tissues and\ncells.  Roughly every 10 years every cell\nin our body will have been completely replaced by a new cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Understand that our lifestyle can also contribute to chronic\ninflammation.  Common causes of chronic inflammation\ncan be: consuming grains, wheat, gluten, any food, or preservative, or coloring\nthat you have an immune system response to such as an allergy or sensitivity,\nstress, poor quality oils, trans fats, rancid fats, too much omega 6 fats\ncompared to omega 3 fats, alcohol, lack of sleep, and more.  Inversely there are lifestyle things we can\ndo to reduce inflammation like: reducing stress, sleep, exercise, balance blood\nsugar, balance hormones, balance insulin, cold therapy, massage, chiropractic,\nacupuncture, cupping, herbs like boswellia, turmeric, celery seed, and ginger,\ndrinking water, taking omega 3 oils, making sure Vitamin D levels are normal, and\nmore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In closing, learn to ask the question “why is that body\npart inflamed?” and “how can we remove the irritating factor?”.  Appreciate too that there are options when\ndealing with inflammation and don’t discount how important our lifestyle can be\nin either causing, or modulating, the body’s inflammation response.  Until next time, I leave you with this great\nquote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but\nwill instruct his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the\ncause and prevention of disease.”- Thomas Edison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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