As painful and uncomfortable as inflammation is, it is a feature of your body trying to heal itself. It can become a major problem itself, however. We are finding out more and more that some conditions may have inflammation at their cause (or at least a major aggrevator), such as cancer and asthma.

Some people have chronic inflammation. which is where the body constantly thinks it needs to fend something off. It will start to adversely affect organs and tissues.

It is rarely clear of all the possible causes of inflammation, but some thing you can do to minimize it is to quit smoking if you do, lose weight if overweight or obese, and reduce alcohol consumption or stress.