Infiltration is the act and consequence of infiltrating or infiltrating . This verb, in turn, has several meanings recognized by the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ).
The action of infiltrating is used in medicine to refer to the injection of a medication into a muscle or joint . The notion, in another area, can refer to the introduction of a fluid into a solid .
When a person enters an organization to sabotage or spy on it, on the other hand, what they do is infiltrate. The same can be said regarding accessing a region occupied by enemy forces.
In the field of medicine , in short, an infiltration is performed when a medication is injected into an injured area. The purpose is for the drug to act directly on the damaged region.
With an infiltration, it is possible to quickly reduce pain and achieve recovery of mobility. This technique is used to treat inflammations linked to fasciitis, bursitis, arthritis and osteoarthritis, for example.
The type of infiltration most frequently used consists of a mixture of a local anesthetic and a product that serves to extend its action in the tissues to be treated, which is known as a depot corticosteroid . In the case of so-called tennis elbow (whose scientific name is lateral epicondylitis ), only an anesthetic is used. Since a syringe is enough for its application, it is possible to perform infiltration in the office.
Injured athletes often undergo infiltration to be able to compete despite the physical problem. However, the infiltrated player may aggravate his injury due to intense activity.
The abuse of this technique by doctors in combination with excessive physical effort by athletes leads on more than one occasion to permanent injuries or injuries much more serious than the original one. Although it is understandable that in the middle of an important match a player does not want to step aside but rather stay with his team to fight until the end, these decisions can be decisive for the rest of his life.
In the context of espionage, finally, infiltration means that an individual manages to join an entity or group to obtain information without others knowing their true intentions. Dictatorial or repressive governments usually bet on infiltrating opposition movements and then dismantling them.
It is important to note that infiltration does not always take place in an area of illegality, since official security forces also use this tactic to obtain information about certain criminals in order to catch them in the act and have a valid reason to arrest them.
Well-organized groups of criminals try to go unnoticed by creating several hierarchical layers and generating distractions to confuse the police. For this reason, many “known” criminals live freely, and even walk past police officers without fear of arrest when they know there is no evidence to incriminate them. It is in cases like these that infiltration comes in handy: from within, the police can find the right time and place to put an end to such enterprises.
Just as in the material and tangible world, infiltration is also possible in computer networks. The walls to overcome in this case are not security guards or motion detectors, but passwords, encryption techniques and tactics to hide the location, among other measures that make it very difficult to find a particular user.