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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
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Facial Rosacea’s Major Symptoms. Facial rosacea starts off “innocently” enough. It begins as a mild “blushing” across the bridge of the nose, the cheeks, or the chin. But soon enough, this blushing turns to flushing and its spread never ceases; it just goes on and on. This is facial rosacea and it has several major symptoms. The frequent facial flushing is perhaps the most common symptom of rosacea. During one of these flushes, the sufferer’s faces can turn many different shades of red, anywhere from firey red to mildly pink, as his blood flow waxes and wanes.
A facial flush can be very transient, lasting only for seconds, or more permanent, staying on for up to months at a time. Facial telangiectasia is another major symptom of facial rosacea. This is the name for the tiny broken blood vessels that have become permanently dilated. These are just below the skin. They have the appearance of very fine red lines that look like red spider webs coursing all across the face. Another major symptom is facial skin hyper reaction or super sensitivity. This is caused by blood vessels that are “too easily” dilated. These are very close to the surface of the skin and they readily react to changes in the environment or any kind of physical impact. It should be kept in mind that those who have the disease of facial rosacea do not have bad skin; they have hypersensitive, problematic blood vessels. Another major symptom that is very embarrassing to facial rosacea sufferers is that of facial pustules. These are, as the name implies, small red bumps on the face that are filled with pus. The bumps are caused by areas around sebaceous glands undergoing vascular flushing, a symptom very close to acne. As time passes, the inflammatory cells are flushed out of the blood vessels and they get into the endoderm and then into the mesoderm. The postules result from the explosion out of the mesoderm through the face’s pores. |
