An overview of "inflammaging"

There exists a fascination with the “magic” of the immune system. We ponder the dips in our health as effects of a lowered immune system, but we are often perplexed about how this happens. When we get a cold, we opine its etiology as a lowered immunity. In actuality, mounting a proper defense against a virus and producing symptoms of this defense in showing the symptoms of nasal discharge, fever, sneezing, and mucous production is the sign of a healthy, functioning immune system. Why, then,…