demodex mites articles ↓

Some recent NRS supported research has made more steps towards showing a possible link between demodex mites and rosacea symptoms. Although this Br J Dermatol paper was mentioned by Rosacea News in (see demodex mite bacteria causes the inflammation ?) …

In this case report of one patient, the papules and pustules of rosacea were difficult to treat until oral ivermectin was included in the treatment regime.

This 2007 paper is similar to a 2002 paper, Treatment of rosacea-like demodicidosis with oral ivermectin and topical permethrin cream. The 2002 paper is also a case report of a single patient with recalcitrant symptoms.

Note that topical permethrin may …

The NRS have published their Summer 2007 edition of Rosacea Review. They highlight a paper presented at this year’s AAD Meeting in Washington DC. Rosacea News mentioned this abstract in February as ; demodex bacteria – could that be the cause ? Some more speculation about how rosacea might be linked in some way to demodex mites. So far there is no causative …

This paper is proposing that a particular type of bacteria taken from a demodex mite, called Bacillus oleronius is capable of producing an inflammatory response. As the mite was isolated from a patient with papulopustular rosacea the tempting conclusion is that this bacteria has caused these rosacea symptoms. This part is of course not confirmed, just the fact that it is possible to isolate …

This recently published paper suggests that a variety of ocular symptoms might be caused by demodex infestation. Six patients all having demodex present, and suffering with recalcitrant symptoms (including 4 diagnosed with rosacea) were given tea tree oil for a weekly eyelid scrub and tea tree shampoo for a daily scrub. All patients showed a large decrease in demodex counts and relief …