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Dermatologists Recognise Need For Better Understanding Of Rosacea

With the recent development of the Rosacea classification and grading systems, Lynn Annette Drake, M.D. of Boston, emphasized the importance of these systems in the diagnosis and treatment of rosacea.
Dr. Drake presented, "Rosacea and differential diagnosis; new developments in rosacea" at the Orlando Dermatology and Cosmetic Conference here.
"As a whole dermatologists are recognizing rosacea and identifying it far more frequently and so are patients," Dr. Drake says. "We needed a means by which we could talk about this disease, so the National Rosacea Society sponsored panels of experts to come up with a new classification for rosacea and a grading system. This allowed us to begin using standard terminology to describe the disease in order to have a common foundation. We hope this will advance the understanding of the disease as well as how we discuss it.
In 2004, two articles appeared in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology providing guidelines establishing a classification and grading system for rosacea. The establishment of these systems provides clarification for the diagnosis, treatment and research of the disease.
"This new system is not the final word. It was simply to provide a "baseline" or a starting point as we begin to think more about this disease," Dr. Drake explains. "The classification may be modified and I expect it to be modified, actually. The same with the grading system, but at least we will be modifying it from a common base."
Pathophysiology The pathophysiology of rosacea remains relatively unknown, however, development of this new classification and grading system will hopefully provide practitioners with a basis for dialogue.
"Many practitioners feel that rosacea is predominately a vascular disorder but there are some that feel that it has a strong follicular component and others think it is mixed. In fact everybody may be right but no one has broken it down to define it utilizing various categories," Dr. Drake says. "The treatment of the vascular form of rosacea would likely differ from rosacea that was purely follicular, and the treatment of combination disease would have a different approach all together," Dr. Drake says.
Rosacea is a poorly understood disease, and in order to further understanding, practitioners need to speak the same language.
"What is clearly important is defining and evaluating published research using common terminology so there is an understanding among specialists," Dr. Drake says.
Impact Dr. Drake says that avoiding triggers of rosacea as well as using the appropriate medications are equally important. "The approach to treatment should be targeted to what the patient actually has. It has been my experience that each patient is different," Dr. Drake says.
Dermatologists should also understand the benefits and toxicities associated with certain approaches to treatment.
"For example there are drugs that cause vasoconstriction so it is important to avoid rebound vasodilatation," she says. "Potent topical steroids should be avoided in the treatment of rosacea because although there is an initial vasoconstriction, there is vascular vasodilatation as a rebound phenomenon. Although they may be helpful in the short term, in the long term they can actually cause trouble."
Dr. Drake suggests having patients keep a two-week diary of their symptoms to gain insight into the triggers and mechanisms of their rosacea.
"Having patients keep a diary is important, as each patient's rosacea differs slightly. The diary can be utilized to help practitioners diagnose and treat an individual patient. If a patient will keep a detailed two-week dairy, the practitioner can frequently identify the factors that aggravate or trigger the patient's Rosacea," Dr. Drake says.
Impact on the dermatologist As for the practicing dermatologist, the new classification and grading system will provide practitioners with clarification and guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and further research into the disease. It will also help practitioners treat patients more effectively.

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Rosacea Flushing

An effective rosacea treatment must begin with an understanding of what causes or influences a rosacea flush. Effective skin care for rosacea must address the flushing issues. Rosacea sufferers have more facial blood vessels than the norm, or their blood vessels are severely damaged. Consequently, anything that stimulates facial dilation cannot be handled easily or properly. The Rosacea-Ltd website will help you understand vascular constriction and dilation. Dilation, or enlarging of the blood vessels, produces the flushing which rosacea sufferers experience. Constriction, or tightening, turns the face pale.

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Is There Really An Acne-Rosacea?

The term "acne rosacea" first appeared in an English medical text by Dr. Thomas Bateman in 1812, who noted: "The perfect cure of acne rosacea is, in fact, never accomplished." Other 19th century references commonly listed rosacea among the different forms of acne.Finally in 1891, Dr. Henri G. Piffard, a professor of dermatology in New York, called for distinctions among different forms of acne to more truly differentiate symptoms.Today, dermatologists have learned that rosacea is a different disease from acne, and that therapy for acne can often make rosacea worse. Although the precise cause of rosacea is still unknown, most experts believe it is a vascular disorder that seems to be related to the flushing of rosacea.Research has also dispelled the centuries-old myth that rosacea is caused by heavy consumption of alcohol. While alcohol may aggravate rosacea, the symptoms of rosacea can be just as severe in one who never consumes alcohol.

Reference : Wilkin, Jonathan K: Rosacea: Pathophysiology and Treatment. Archives of Dermatology. 1994;130:359-362. Rosacea research has resulted in better rosacea treatments.