What
is Rosacea?
Rosacea is a long-term disease affecting the skin and occasionally the
eyes as well. Rosacea is identified by such signs as pimples, redness,
and thickened skin when the sufferer has an advanced condition. Rosacea
can also affect the upper parts of the body.
Who Can Get Rosacea?
About 14 million people in the U.S. suffer from rosacea. This disease
usually affects adults ages from 30 to 60. Women more than men are more
likely to have rosacea. Anyone of any skin color can get rosacea, but
people with fair skin appear to be more prone to get it.
How is Rosacea Recognized?
Rosacea has many conditions and symptoms that are linked to it. Some of
them include inflammatory rosacea, vascular rosacea, flushing, and many
other conditions that involve the skin.
Inflammatory rosacea causes continuous redness, pustules, and pink bumps
on the skin. Sensitivity and eye inflammation can take place.
A second condition known as vascular rosacea provokes continual flushing
and redness. Beneath the facial skin blood vessels can enlarge,
appearing transparently on the skin as little red lines. The affected
skin can be somewhat swollen.
Frequently flushing on the face, happens during the beginning stage of
rosacea. Flushing is oftentime felt with a burning sensation, especially
when any cosmetics and creams are used on the face.
The skin turns a deep red and an inflamed eye becomes more visible in
the utmost advanced point of rosacea. At this stage, often there are
many telangiectases in existence, and also, nodules in the sufferer's
skin can grow agonizing. Men can develop another condition known as
rhinophyma; this is a seldom condition for women. People with rhinophyma
develop a round expanded red nose which happens because of the sebaceous
glands' expansion under the skin's surface on the nose.
What are the Causes of Rosacea?
So far, doctors are not certain of what exactly causes a skin disease
such as rosacea. They believe certain people can actually inherit a
predisposed disposition to catch this skin disorder. There are
researchers who think rosacea is caused when blood vessels expand too
easily that result in redness and flushing.
Bear in mind that certain things that provoke rosacea to break out in
one person might have absolutely no effect on another individual. Past
rosacea sufferers claim that the following have worsen this skin
condition: sunlight, heat, extremely cold temperatures, vigorous
exercise, alcohol consumption, spicy and hot beverage, prolonged usage
of steroids applied on the face, emotional stress, and menopause.
Is Rosacea Curable? Can I Find a Treatment for Rosacea?
Even though there currently exists no absolute cure for rosacea, this
disease may be treated. Generally, a dermatologist treats a case of
rosacea. The objectives of any treatment are to bring this condition
under control and better the patient's skin appearance. To see visible
improvement from treatment, can take many weeks or months. Doctors may
prescribe an antibiotic like metronidazole; the patient can directly
apply metronidazole to the affected area. For an advanced case of
rosacea, a doctor may prescribe oral antibiotics such as erythromycin,
tetracycline, doxycycline, and minocycline.