Does rosacea affect other parts of the body?
It’s not uncommon for individuals with rosacea on the skin to also have what’s called ocular rosacea because there’s an inflammatory process that’s going on in the skin that also affects the eye. Many patients that have rosacea will have a gritty sensation in their eyes. Their eyes will be easily irritated and sensitive, and they may have some redness of their eyelids. People will sometimes think that they have allergies or something else that they don’t correlate with their skin condition. So when they go in to see someone for their skin, they don’t tell them about their eye symptoms. And, if they’re not asked, the diagnosis will be missed, and they will miss out on the appropriate treatment. What can trigger or worsen rosacea? Anything that causes the blood vessels in the skin to dilate will tend to cause flares of rosacea. That includes anything that creates a lot of heat, such as drinking hot liquids, eating hot foods and drinking alcoholic beverages, especially red wines. Medicati
