Rosacea Related Diseases
More and more statistical research is unearthing links between rosacea and other diseases. As links are found with a list of inflammatory and systemic conditions the link to rosacea is slowly emerging. What do these links between related and seemingly unrelated conditions mean? The latest research is summarised here.
Recent Rosacea Blog Posts
This paper describes the case of a hairdresser that had bad allergic reactions to frangrances and chemicals encountered each day in her work environment. She presented to her doctor with rosacea like papules and pustules. Her treatment with Metrogrel, Soolantra and antibiotics was not successful. The symptoms were only resolved when exposure to the chemicals […]
A recently published paper that seeks to compare the actions of oxymetazoline (Rhofade) and brimonidine (Mirvaso) has raised a possible safety issue with the action of oxymetazoline. The paper states the safety issue as; As the 5-HT2B receptor is potentially involved in drug-induced valvulopathy, the benefit/risk ratio (of Rhofade ed.) should be carefully considered, especially in […]
Up to now there has been no direct research into any possible link between rosacea and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Researchers have known that patients with inflammatory conditions such as psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis have a high risk of CKD, but whether this increased risk also apply to rosacea sufferers had until not been studied. This […]
A just published paper has found a statistical link between rosacea and migraines. Specifically, the research has found that female rosacea sufferers over the age of 50 had a `significantly higher prevalence and risk of incident migraine’. So what might we learn about treating both rosacea and migraines from this research? The takeaways from this […]
Proving once again that you shouldn’t rely on the mainstream media for your health news, blanket coverage today for a Danish statistical population study that uses the words Rosacea and Parkinson’s in the title. Even simply using the two words in the same headline implies some kind of link – reading the details of the […]
