{"id":4495,"date":"2017-03-31T12:04:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T04:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/?page_id=4495"},"modified":"2023-04-03T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T05:02:00","slug":"what-are-the-main-events-in-inflammation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/inflammation\/what-are-the-main-events-in-inflammation\/","title":{"rendered":"IV. What are the main events in inflammation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>Now that you know there are two main types of inflammation &#8211; <strong>Acute<\/strong> and <strong>Chronic<\/strong>, we can look at the main events for each. Once you recall the main events, you can better work out the individual processes and the cellular and chemical players involved.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\t1. acute inflammation\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p><u>Main events:<\/u><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Vascular events<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Vasodilation<\/li>\n<li>Increased vascular permeability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Think about how this leads to the warmth, redness, swelling &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Cellular events<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Neutrophil recruitment -&gt; emigration out of circulation -&gt; chemotaxis to site of injury -&gt; activation -&gt; phagocytosis and clearance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Think about how the neutrophils get from the blood to the site of injury, and what they do there<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\n\t\t2. chronic inflammation\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p><u>Main events:<\/u><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Inflammation and tissue injury<\/li>\n<li>Attempts at repair<\/li>\n<li>Immune response<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tmindmap: overview of acute inflammation\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>If you can&#8217;t play the video, watch it here on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/N9NhucExl9E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/N9NhucExl9E<\/a><\/p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/203765420\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/inflammation\/what-is-inflammation\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI. What is Inflammation?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/inflammation\/what-causes-inflammation\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tII. What causes inflammation?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/inflammation\/what-are-the-types-of-inflammation\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIII. What are the types of inflammation?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/inflammation\/what-are-the-main-events-in-inflammation\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIV. What are the main events in inflammation?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/inflammation\/what-brings-about-the-main-events-in-inflammation\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tV. What brings about the main events in inflammation?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/inflammation\/talking-pots-and-slides\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVI. Inflammation: Talking Pots and Slides\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/inflammation\/quiz\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVII. Inflammation: Quizzes\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/inflammation\/inflammation-one-page-summary-study-notes\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInflammation: Study Notes and One Page Summary\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPathology Demystified\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that you know there are two main types of inflammation &#8211; Acute and Chronic, we can look at the main events for each. 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