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Facts about Rosacea
Rosacea affects more often women between 30 and 50 mostly northwestern caucasians but it can also appear between 25 and 35 years of age although it doesn’t occur before puberty It affects more frequently women although men experience it as well with much more severe consequences. It also is more frequent among those with fair skin especially with blond hair and bright eyes. It can run in the family. There are various types of rosacea depending on its stages and different approaches to treat them. It can be caused by demodex mites while it is often triggered by environmental factors, allergies, but it is also associated with weak immune system. Rosacea can lead to nasal disfigurement if left untreated. Rosacea can be confused with adult acne. Certain treatments, such as chemical peels, dermabrasion or steroids may also aggravate this condition. Rosacea triggers ocular changes in 50 per cent of those affected while 75 per cent women experience such ocular changes. Ocular changes are preceded by skin symptoms in one fifth of those affected while 50 per cent people experience recurring skin problems whereas only 30 per cent experience rosacea only once. Rosacea develops in varied ways that are not always connected. There are varies theories why rosacea occurs, but none is able to trace its mechanism of changes. There are certain characteristics present when experiencing rosacea that involve skin sensitivity, genetic factors, immunological factors, vascular problems, hormonal dysfunction, infections, gastrointestinal problems, allergy , chemical, psychological and climactic factors. Treatments for acne can also cause or exacerbate rosacea despite the fact that some people are prescribed the same medicines for acne as well as rosacea, Permanent treatments for rosacea involve laser therapy but can also be treated with antibiotics that have only a short-term effect causing bacteria overgrowth and auto-immune dysfunction. Rosacea is often present along with migraines, sensitive bowel syndrome, depression, anxiety, sweating and cold hands as well as spontaneous and changing personality. Rosacea occurs mainly on the nose, cheeks, forehead and chin. Its outbreaks are mostly symmetrical while its shape often reminds a butterfly. Rosacea is a chronic, progressive as well as recurring disease. It has certain phases of development such as flushing, fixed changes, increased vascular sensitivity, burning sensation, and intolerance to cosmetics such as removers, perfumes, moisturizing creams, hairsprays, shampoos, or after-shave lotions. There are four types of disease variants such as erythemato-vascular form that occurs at 80 per cent of patients with persistent erythema on cheeks along with swelling and roughness of the skin, papulo-postular form that affects mostly middle aged women and can also be part of acne vulgaris with thick skin and dry skin, ocular form that is part of each rosacea form with tearing, itching, fatigue and redness present leading also to corneal damage, knobby-hypotrophic form that occurs as a fibrous, musous and edema form that can result in permanent overgrowth and hypotrophy of the nose, and granuloma form with hard, yellow and brown papules that have tendency to scar and can also occur with ulcerative colitis and HIV.
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