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ID	SYMP:0000061
Name	inflammation
Definition	Inflammation is a general symptom where there is a local response to cellular injury that is marked by capillary dilatation, leukocytic infiltration, redness, heat, pain, swelling, and often loss of function and that serves as a mechanism initiating the elimination of noxious agents and of damaged tissue. http://www2.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwmednlm?book=Medical&va=inflammation
Parent Relationships	is_a general symptom
Related Diseases	has symptom cryptogenic organizing pneumonia Netherton syndrome rheumatic heart disease pyometritis infective endocarditis ileocolitis gastroduodenal Crohn's disease Crohn's colitis angular cheilitis lupus nephritis mucositis autoimmune myocarditis endometritis syphilitic meningitis parotitis endocarditis Mooren's ulcer tonsillitis nephritis ovarian disease serous conjunctivitis except viral acute orbital inflammation orbital periostitis orbital tenonitis orbital cellulitis retinal vasculitis panuveitis episcleritis periodica fugax aseptic meningitis suppurative uveitis uveitis Behcet's disease diverticulitis of colon Kawasaki disease uterine inflammatory disease scleroperikeratitis eosinophilic esophagitis pleuropneumonia sclerosing keratitis labyrinthitis pleural disease cystitis cheilitis pericarditis cholecystitis fallopian tube disease enthesopathy vaginitis vulvovaginitis hidradenitis suppurativa hidradenitis cervicitis asthma familial Mediterranean fever interstitial lung disease myelitis bone inflammation disease cerebritis vulvitis keratitis endophthalmitis central nervous system vasculitis intestinal disease conjunctivitis myositis acute disseminated encephalomyelitis connective tissue disease nodular episcleritis diverticulitis lymphatic system disease neuronitis mediastinitis myocarditis Meckel's diverticulitis rheumatic myocarditis phlebitis vasculitis neuromyelitis optica blepharitis meningitis neovascular inflammatory vitreoretinopathy polyarteritis nodosa interstitial keratitis chronic inflammation of lacrimal passage periostitis