Rosacea is a serious disease which can bring severe complications if it is left untreated. However, rosacea has specific symptoms which, in many cases, can’t be easily identified and is often mistaken for some other conditions with similar symptoms, such as lupus or acne. Rosacea may appear as an irritation of the skin and the face, which can become sensitive and red causing great discomfort. It is considered that there is an important connection between rosacea and headaches due to the blood vessels.

Some of the most known symptoms of rosacea include:

The face and skin become red and sensitive. The facial redness appears because of broken blood vessels which usually expand due to the prolonged exposure to the sun and to the dehydrating effects of alcohol.

The most common areas where rosacea may occur are the nose, chin, cheeks and forehead. Men usually tend to have this infection on the nose but in many cases it may appear on the neck or upper chest.

Rosacea produces small pimples on the red areas of the skin, pimples which have black and whiteheads and are diferent than the olnes produced by acne.
Another symptom of rosacea are the swollen bumps on the nose. In the severe cases, rosacea may lead to rhinophyma, an irritation of the nose.

On the face may appear tiny, thin red lines (telangiectasia) which look like butterflies or spider webs and are caused by the blood vessels breaking. However, rosacea may affect the eyes too and most of the people who suffer from this disease can expect eye irritation and discomfort.
In this case, the eyes get irritated, becoming red and dry, and the vision may become impaired. Other symptoms include, crusted mucus, tearing, and feelings of burning and itching.
The irritation might extend to the eyelids, in turn, becoming swelled, dry and flaky.

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Rosacea is an infection of the skin which usually appears on the face and tends to get worse if it’s left untreated. Even though, rosacea is an incurable illness, there are special treatments which alleviate the symptoms and keep them under control. The treatments are particular for each of the four main forms of rosacea, even though the symptoms tend to improve in less than a month, the desirable results occur in about two months.

To begin with, one of the most common form of rosacea it is known as Papulopustular, which isn’t considered as a very serious strain of the infection, unlike the other forms. Symptoms usually include tiny pustules and also flushing, thin marks on the face, especially on the cheeks. For this form of rosacea the treatment consists of antibiotics and ointments.

Secondly, rosacea can affect the eyes, in an Ocular form which may cause a great discomfort. The eyes become red and irritated, the eyelids usually swell and in serious cases, the vision may be impaired somewhat. The most appropriate treatment for severe eye infections are the antibiotics and in early stages, patients are usually prescribed ointments.

Thirdly, another form of rosacea is Erythematotelangiectatic. It appears as thin, red lines on the face which usually cause a burning sensation and pain. In this case, the physician may prescribe oral medication, such as antibiotics which sometimes are associated with certain ointments. However, if the treatment doesn’t offer an effective resolution to this strain of the Rosacea, then laser therapy may help in reducing the red lines on the skin.

Furthermore, there is another form of rosacea called Phymatous. In this case the symptoms include thick, bumpy skin and large pores. Phymatous usually occurs on the nose, chin, forehead, ears and eyelids and appears as pimples and visible blood veins. The treatment for this form of rosacea usually includes isotretinoin, a medicine which has best results in the early stages of rosacea. But for the more severe forms it has been suggested that having laser surgery or rhinophyma action taken, in order to reshape the nose.

All in all, people should be careful in choosing their foods, products and activities in order to avoid the occurence of rosacea. Once they notice the symptoms of rosacea, they should seek for medical advice at the soonest opportunity.

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Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory disease, which affects 14 million Americans and is also known as acne rosacea. It mostly affects middle aged people. Signs of rosacea are facial redness, visible damaged blood vessels on the nose and cheeks, bumps and pimples. The name of acne rosacea is not quite suitable because there do not appear blackheads or whiteheads on the skin like in acne. If rosacea affects men, their nose becomes red and enlarged, besides de changes of the cheek skin.

The flare-up of rosacea generally begins with the skin’s flushing on the cheeks and nose. There is no cure for rosacea but there is treatment and methods of hiding the redness of the skin.

There are factors that aggravate the disease: the sun can over-dry the skin that is why people with rosacea must apply a moisturizer with a sunscreen of a minimum SPF15 in the summer and even in the winter.

Using cleansers that contain oil or menthol, eucalyptus, salicylic acid and fragrance will only harm the skin’s natural balance. Patients must use oil-free, soap-free and fragrance-free cleansers, which will act gently upon the skin. Taking care of the skin must be done twice a day: in the morning and before bedtime, so that all the dust and dirt will be removed from the face and the skin will be able to regenerate.

You can use make up, but the products must be light and oil-free. Using make-up is only for hiding the redness of the skin caused by rosacea, and does not substitute the treatment indicated by the doctor.

Using brushes or rough towels for rubbing the skin is not recommended. Also, people must wash their face with lukewarm water; drink a lot of water and avoid using after-shaves and blade razors because their skin is very dry.

For protecting their skin people are recommended to use only natural fiber clothes, like cotton or silk, because they do not cause so much irritation when getting into contact with the face skin.

If you observe papules and pustules on your face skin, accompanied by redness you should go to the dermatologist for a check up. He will recommend you an oral antibiotic drug maybe tetracycline for pustules, and a topic cream containing antibiotic such as Metronidazole to help reduce the redness of the skin.

The treatment with antibiotic drugs is recommended not to be followed for a long period of time because it weakens our immune system and most of all, it will develop the multiple drug resistance and the bacteria will not respond to treatment any more.

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