The Five Cardinal Signs Of Inflammation (Not Love)

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The Five Cardinal Signs Of Inflammation (Not Love)

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The perfect scientific bait-and-switch! What starts as dating advice suddenly transforms into a medical emergency primer. The meme cleverly repurposes the classic signs of inflammation (pain, heat, redness, swelling, loss of function) as relationship traits.

For the scientifically curious: inflammation is your body's defensive response to harmful stimuli. Those five cardinal signs were first documented by Roman physician Celsus in 1st century AD (minus loss of function, which was added later by Galen). Your immune system essentially creates a biological battlefield, increasing blood flow to affected areas while deploying white blood cells to neutralize threats.

So if your relationship checks these boxes, you're not dating a person—you're dating an acute inflammatory response! Time to prescribe some NSAIDs and reconsider your life choices.

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