rosacea cause articles ↓

As researchers try to further describe exactly what is going on in rosacea, more tiny bits of information arise. Here, this abstract is telling us that; Ferritin positive cells are much more prevalent in rosacea sufferers Severe rosacea sufferers have significantly more ferritin positive cells Blood peroxide levels are higher in rosacea sufferers …

Some more recent publicity from Internal Medicine News on the possible link between Small Intestinal Bacteria Overgrowth (SIBO) and Rosacea. In 2008 Rosacea News highlighted a paper that suggested that treating patients with rosacea and SIBO with Rifaximin would improve both their SIBO and rosacea symptoms. That posting has attracted a lot of interest, heading towards 100 comments. Two threads …

Firmly in the pure speculation category is a recent paper that proposes that pityriasis folliculorum (or demodex mite infestation) is the missing link in our understanding of rosacea. Plainly put, Dr. Forton, a dermatologist from Belgium, suggests that rosacea is a …

I hear you.

My skin was great. I have had beautiful skin all my life, but now wham! rosacea has reared its ugly head.

Well the NRS Blog has an answer to this plea. It is all about your risk profile. If you are over 30 with fair skin, have a relative with rosacea and are of Northern European Ancestry then the statistics suggest that you are …

This short abstract from Dr. Richard Gallo is an introduction to an article further on in the journal edition from Dr. Ahrens et al. Gallo’s interest is piqued by the possibility of a coordinated defense effort from the permeability and antimicrobial barriers of the skin. Ahrens was able to show that certain Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), called beta-defensins were upregulated (i.e. they …