“Although some disease sequelae are long-standing in nature, many disease sequelae will be removed when controlling inflammation,” he emphasized, saying that clinicians should “try to overcome the inflammation as soon as possible in order to prevent possible long-term imprinting of disease sequelae due to structural changes in involved organs.”
Mary Beth Nierengarten is a freelance medical journalist based in St. Paul, Minn.
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