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Rosacea is a chronic skin disorder which sometimes affects the eyes, too. Its symptoms include inflamed skin, splotchy redness, and angry red lines on the face due to swollen blood vessels just below the surface of the skin. If it affects the eyes, then they are bloodshot looking, or red-rimmed, and they have that “gravelly” feeling as if somebody just kicked a mound of sand in your face.
Rosacea is not generally understood outside of the medical community and there is no permanent cure for it, although there are treatments. However, what is important for you understand is that rosacea flares up when certain triggers in your life cause it to flare up. Some of the triggers affect some people and not others and some people respond to more triggers than others do. If you suffer from rosacea, then it is very important for you to determine your own personal triggers so that you can avoid them or prevent them. There is a wide array of perfectly common foods that can trigger a rosacea flare-up. One thing you will want to consider doing is keeping a daily journal of all the things that you eat and recording what kinds of reactions your face gives you, if any. The foods and beverages that are often rosacea triggers include spicy foods, chocolate, cheese, yogurt, soy sauce, vanilla extract, citrus fruits, egg plant, liver, yeast extracts, red wine, beer, whiskey, vodka, bourbon, gin, hot cider, coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. People with rosacea often find themselves unable to take the heat, and their rosacea symptoms flare up in the presence of high temperatures as well as in places such as saunas, showers with hot water running, and steam rooms. At the same time, however, excessively cold temperatures are also known to act as a trigger for many, as are high winds blowing against the face. While the weather can’t be controlled, your dress and your outdoor activities can. |
