Rosacea

Rosacea is a common autoimmune allergic condition characterized by symptoms of facial flushing and a spectrum of clinical signs, including erythema, telangiectasia, and coarseness of skin, edema, papules, pustules, ocular lesions and an inflammatory papulopustular eruption resembling acne. Rosacea affects mostly adults, usually people with fair skin, between the ages of 30 and 60. About 16 million Americans have this skin condition. Although it's more common in women, men may develop the disorder. Left untreated, rosacea tends to be progressive, which means it gets worse over time. Rosacea is remitting and relapsing, it flares up for a period of weeks to months and then signs & symptoms lessen for a while before rosacea flares up again.

Rosacea fulminans is a sub type of rosacea, occurs exclusively in women well past adolescence.

There is a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection seen in patients with rosacea, with evidence of dermatological improvement in patients treated with antibiotics for this infection. In a study done on Rosacea patients after eradication of Hp, 51 out of 53 treated rosacea patients became Hp negative. The symptoms of rosacea disappeared in 51 patients, markedly declined in one and remained unchanged in one patient. Conclusion from this study is that Hp eradication helps a majority of patients with Rosacea.