First author Dr. Olivia Bracken (UCL Department of Ageing, Rheumatology and Regenerative Medicine) said: "Our findings reveal a natural pathway that limits harmful immune cell expansion and helps calm inflammation more quickly.
“Targeting this mechanism could lead to safer treatments that restore immune balance without suppressing overall immunity. With chronic inflammation ranked as a major global health threat, this discovery opens a promising avenue for new therapies.”
What’s the opposite of inflammation? Can it go too far in the other direction?
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Yes. Studies show that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like Advil and Tylenol can actually supress gains in the gym if taken in excess because the natural muscle breakdown, inflammation, and response mechanism is blunted. Same is true for ice baths. So, sometimes swelling and inflammation can be a good thing that we want to occur.
Also staying on prednisone and other steroids too long to supress inflammation leads to all kinds of issues.
Tylenol is not an NSAID. It doesn’t work on inflammation.
Also, there was a study a year or so ago that found evidence that Ibuprofen after working out helped speed recovery times.