| Rosacea gives dilated blood vessels and | | | | - Distended hair follicles |
| inflammation in the skin. The skin is often also | | | | - Rosacea in other places than the face |
| infected by bacteria. Most often the face is | | | | WHAT CAUSES ROSACEA |
| attacked and especially the convex surfaces of | | | | The exact causes are not known, but some |
| the face. Sometimes also the eyes or other body | | | | people seem to inherit the tendency of developing |
| parts are affected. Rosacea may begin early, but | | | | rosacea. People that blush very often seem to |
| distinct and serious symptoms usually develop as | | | | develop rosacea more easily. Therefore rosacea |
| an individual gets older. | | | | may be caused by blood vessels that dilate too |
| WHAT SYMPTOMS ARE SEEN BY ROSACEA | | | | easily upon stimulation, and eventually become |
| The primary symptoms of rosacea are the | | | | permanently dilated. |
| following. All the symptoms may not be present | | | | The following types of stimulation may cause |
| always. | | | | worsening of the rosacea symptoms: heat, hot |
| - Permanent redness in the skin. This redness can | | | | baths, strenuous exercise, sunlight, wind, very cold |
| get better or worse periodically. | | | | temperatures, hot or spicy foods and drinks, |
| - Flushing or redness that comes and disappears | | | | alcohol consumption, menopause, emotional stress, |
| periodically. | | | | prolonged use of topical steroids on the skin. |
| - Telangiectasia - This is a distinct widening of | | | | HOW IS ROSACEA TREATED |
| small blood vessels in an area. | | | | Traditional medicine does not have any treatment |
| - Papules - Small dome-shape spots filled with fluid, | | | | for the basic processes of rosacea, such as |
| often group wise. | | | | redness and the blood vessel extention. |
| - Skin areas with rosasea symptoms often get | | | | Laser treatment may be used to take away |
| infected, and the infection worsens the | | | | dilated blood vessels or skin irregularities by |
| symptoms. | | | | rosacea. The laser light heats and destroys the |
| - Pustules or pimples - Sometimes infection | | | | dilated blood vessels. |
| makes the papules develop into real pimples. | | | | When infection is a part of the disease, and |
| However, if the pimples appear in a hair follicle | | | | papules or pustules occur, rosacea is treated with |
| stuffed with sebum (comedones), they are a | | | | antibiotics, usually applied directly on the skin, for |
| symptom of acne, and not rosacea. Pimples from | | | | example metronidazole. Oral treatment may also |
| acne and rosacea may exist together. | | | | be used by severe rosacea, for example with: |
| Rosacea also implies secondary symptoms that | | | | Tetracycline, minocycline, erythromycin, and |
| are caused by the primary symptoms, or appear | | | | doxycycline. |
| later than the primary ones. | | | | By pimple formation, you can also use rinsing skin |
| - Burning or stinging | | | | cleansers in the same way as by acne. |
| - Placks - elevated red areas | | | | On the market you can find several alternative |
| - Scaling, often associated with burning or stinging | | | | medicines, mostly topical creams, to treat |
| - Dry skin, often occurring before scaling | | | | rosacea. These often contain natural oils, herbal |
| - Edema coming in areas that already has been | | | | extracts, vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants that |
| red for some time | | | | alleviate inflammation and stimulate skin healing. |
| - Symptoms from the eyes like: Redness, itching, | | | | They may also contain mild antiseptic agents to |
| burning, corneal damage | | | | treat bacterial infection. |
| - Thickening of the skin, or lumps in the skin | | | | |