Association between Acute and Chronic Inflammatory States A Case-Control Study
Seema Mahesh , Mahesh Mallappa , Vitalie Vacaras , Viraj Shah , Elena Serzhantova , Nadezhda Kubasheva , Dmitriy Chabanov , Dionysios Tsintzas , Latika Jaggi , Atul Jaggi , George Vithoulkas
Abstract
Background Fever is the hallmark of efficient acute inflammatory response, which may be disrupted in chronic inflammatory conditions. The “continuum theory” proposes that the return of acute inflammatory states with high fever predicts improvement in chronic diseases during treatment.