Rosacea
Chronic inflammatory skin disease
Rosacea is a chronic skin disease that is characterized by persistent erythema, exacerbations in the form of the appearance of papules, pustules, mainly on protruding areas of the central zone of the face: on the cheeks, nose, and chin. There may also be additional swelling of the skin, rhinophyma, eye damage.
Rosacea (or rosacea, sometimes in cosmetology this condition is called rosacea) is a chronic skin disease of the face with an unexplained etiology and staged course. It is fraught not only with a severe form of the course, but also with a psycho-emotional disorder of the patient.
Rosacea is not an infectious disease, it is impossible to catch it. This is a chronic inflammatory disease involving blood vessels and pilosebaceous (sebaceous-hairy) units of the facial skin. The main clinical manifestations of rosacea are reddening of the skin, flushing and hypersensitivity - this triad of symptoms is necessary in order to make a diagnosis. Most often, rosacea manifests itself at the age of 30-60 years and can be transient (transient), recurrent (recurrent) or permanent (persistent). Unfortunately, most often there is a persistent course of rosacea, more than half of the patients do not notice remission for five years or more from the onset of the disease.
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