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Acute inflammation

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Acute inflammation  A physiological response to injury by living tissue.  The response is mounted by the microvasculature (meta-arterioles, capillaries, venules) INJURY INFLAMMATION HEALING PROCESS  Inflammation is dynamic. -itis implies that the disease is an inflammatory response e.g hepatitis, nephritis etc.  Pneumonitis: Viral induced inflammation of the lungs.  Pneumonia: Bacterial.  Depending on the degree of response they are divided into acute & chronic.  Inflammation is accompanied by systemic effects.  Acute inflammation is of rapid onset & the micro-organisms involved are very virulent.  It may last from a few days to weeks.  Morphologic appearance is similar regardless of the site where it occurs.  Predominant cell type is the neutrophil.  The reaction is physiological & cells respond to chemical mediators of acute inflammation. 1. Reaction around microvasculatur

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Acute inflammation

, A physiological response to injury by living
tissue.
 The response is mounted by the
microvasculature (meta-arterioles,
capillaries, venules)

INJURY INFLAMMATION HEALING
PROCESS

,  Inflammation is dynamic.
 -itis implies that the disease is an
inflammatory response e.g hepatitis,
nephritis etc.
 Pneumonitis: Viral induced inflammation of
the lungs.
 Pneumonia: Bacterial.
 Depending on the degree of response they
are divided into acute & chronic.

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