Does inflammation cause disease? That's the newest idea to capture the imagination of medical investigators. Heart disease? Caused by inflammation of the lining of the arteries.  Peptic ulcers?  Inflammation of the lining of the stomach or small intestine.  Colon cancer? Inflammation of the colon's lining.

Inflammation is the body’s reaction to irritants with a standard response that every medical person is taught to recognize – the simple flair and wheal – the redness and swelling seen in the skin after a scratch from a twig or the sting of a bee. When an irritant comes in contact with the body, the body responds with inflammation.