title: Understanding wound inflammation.
abstract: Inflammation is the first stage in the wound-healing process. It is normally followed by two further phases: regeneration (sometimes also referred to as proliferation) and maturation. Inflammation is characterised by the classic signs of heat and redness, pain and swelling, raised temperature and fever. The overall function of inflammation is to neutralise and destroy any toxic agents at the site of an injury and to restore tissue homeostasis.
authors.affiliation: United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust, Boston, Lincolnshire.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Collier
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000502:physiology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances