Signs Your Inflammation Isn’t As Under Control As You Think
- You are having trouble losing weight – Obesity, and difficulty shedding pounds is very common in inflammatory conditions. It may be the result of diabetes in which insulin become immune to glucose and cannot lower glucose levels.
- You struggle with a mood disorder – If you are feeling down without a specific trigger, this may be a sign that your inflammatory disorder is not well controlled. High inflammation rates have been linked to depression, bipolar disorder, and sudden changes in mood.
- You get sick often – It takes young people 2-3 days to recover from a respiratory illness. For elderly people, it may take up to one week. However, if you feel like you are getting sick often and it is taking a long time to recover, there may be an underlying disorder going on. Modifying your sleep habits, diet, and stress levels are crucial to avoiding getting sick often. We offer a multi-faceted approach to ensure you have the best road to recovery at Holistic Heart Centers.
- You have lingering symptoms – This includes lingering symptoms such as sinusitis, chronic diarrhea, gastritis, GERD, numbness, trouble sleeping, sensitivity to hot and cold, and thinning of the hair. Lingering symptoms may be due to an underlying cause such as a hormone disorder, especially with the thyroid hormone, or a rheumatological disorder due to chronic inflammation.
- You have abnormal lab values – By visiting our holistic integrative cardiologist, you can learn more about common inflammatory markers that may appear in abnormal lab values. Below are common inflammatory markers that occur when symptoms are not controlled: Elevated High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (HS-CRP), high ESR values, High levels of homocysteine, elevated ferritin in the blood, elevated cholesterol values including HDL, elevated eosinophils or monocytes in the blood, and elevated blood glucose values.
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