Tuesday, July 05, 2005

The Picture of Health or the Picture of Rosacea?

Those rosy cheeks may look like the picture of health when you're a child but as an adult rosy cheeks may be an indicator of a more complex picture such as rosacea.
The rosacea picture can be a combination of serval stages of rosacea. The pre-rosacea stage pictures frequent episodes of flushing which tend to fade quickly.
Rosacea's intermediate stage is pictured by facial redness, possible dialted blood vessels and swelling that may persist for days to months at a time.The more advanced rosacea picture would be identified by rhynophyma, a bulbous enlargement of the nose.