Rosacea Symptoms
There are several symptoms and conditions associated with rosacea. These
include frequent flushing, vascular rosacea, inflammatory rosacea, and several
other conditions involving the skin, eyes, and nose.
Symptoms of Rosacea may include:
- Small red lines under the skin. These lines show up when blood vessels
under the skin get larger. This area of the skin may be somewhat swollen,
warm, and red.
- Constant redness along with bumps on the skin. Sometimes the bumps have
pus inside (pimples), but not always.
- Solid bumps on the skin may later become painful.
- Inflamed eyes/eyelids.
- A swollen nose. In some people (mostly men), the nose becomes red,
larger, and bumpy.
- Thicker skin. The skin on the forehead, chin, cheeks, or other areas can
become thicker because of rosacea.
- Frequent redness (flushing) of the face. Most redness is at the center
of the face (forehead, nose, cheeks, and chin). There may also be a burning
feeling and slight swelling.
Rosacea usually appears in stages:
Pre rosacea. May begin as a simple tendency to flush or blush
easily, then progress to a persistent redness in the central portion of your
face, particularly your nose. This redness results from the dilation of blood
vessels close to your skin's surface.
Vascular rosacea. As symptoms worsen, your skin may become
sensitive, vascular rosacea may develop, small blood vessels on your nose and
cheeks swell and become visible, telangiectasia.
Inflammatory rosacea. Small, red bumps or pustules may appear
and persist, spreading across your nose, cheeks, forehead and chin.
In severe and rare cases, the sebaceous glands, oil glands, in your nose and
sometimes your cheeks become enlarged, resulting in a buildup of tissue on and
around your nose, rhinophyma. This complication is much more common in men and
develops very slowly over a period of years.
In addition, more than half the people with rosacea experience ocular rosacea, a
burning and gritty sensation in the eyes. Rosacea may cause the inner skin of
the eyelids to become inflamed or appear scaly, a condition known as
pink eye or conjunctivitis.
If you experience symptoms of persistent redness of your face, see your
doctor or a skin specialist, dermatologist for a diagnosis and proper treatment.
Because of the progressive nature of rosacea, symptoms awareness and an early
diagnosis is important.
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