Acute inflammation |
Chronic inflammation |
|
Causal agents |
Irritants, pathogens, damage |
Persistent acute inflammation caused by non-degradable pathogens or non-degradable foreign bodies, autoimmune reaction |
Main contributors |
Neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils, monocytes, macrophages |
Monocytes, macrophages, lymphocytes, fibroblasts, plasma cells |
Reaction start |
Instant |
Slow |
Duration |
A few days |
Several months or years |
Results |
Resolution, abscess formation, chronic inflammation |
Tissue destruction, fibrosis, tumors |