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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
If inflamation is a response of our immune system, why do we suppress it? Isn't it like telling our immune system to take it down a notch?
gpt
There are two reasons, one was covered here in the comments, that the inflamation is often an over reaction and your symptoms are a result of the response more so then the pathogen. The other reason is that inflammation can also cause serious problems. The recruitment of the immune cells and the activation of T cells that results in even more cytokines and a stronger response could have lasting  damages. it could results in unwanted response to our own cells (Most autoimmune diseases are associated with chronic inflammation) and it could lead to increase mutation rate in healthy cells (yes, cancer is also associated with chronic inflammation).