Dr. Char explains the difference between inflammation and infection in a dog and how they react in the body.
Inflammation means that there is fluid that has gone to the tissue so that it is swollen. The body is mobilizing its defenses – It’s usually sending in this fluid, white blood cells. If there’s something for the white blood cells to attach to and try to grasp, then if there’s bacteria in there, then that can start to form a puss – it basically attaches and degrades. You also have histamine release and swelling – but the … type material is a little more textured, is a sign of infection. If you have a lot of inflammation going and it’s unchecked, a lot of times that sequence will be an infection.
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