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Rosacea and Cosmetics (Make-Up)

Rosacea sufferers tend to have an extremely sensitive skin that may be easily irritated on exposure to chemicals. Such chemicals are often present in cosmetics which, if used by a rosacea sufferer, could trigger a "flare-up" of symptoms such as redness, burning and stinging of the face.

19 Aug 2013

Rosacea and Sunbathing

The exact cause and pathology of rosacea is not known. However, there are several trigger factors and pathological processes that have been associated with aggravation of rosacea symptoms.

19 Aug 2013

Rosacea and Rhinophyma

Secondary to rosacea, rhinophyma is a skin disorder that causes the nose to become red, bumpy, and enlarged.

18 Aug 2013

Rosacea and Skin Type

Rosacea is a skin condition that leads to facial flushing, redness, persistent red spots, and a burning, tingling and warm sensation over affected areas of the face. With time, there is increased prominence of facial blood vessels, thickening of skin and eventually deformity of the nose and central facial areas.

18 Aug 2013

Rosacea and Stress

Rosacea is a chronic skin condition that is typically characterized by flushing and redness of the central part of the face, along with a burning or tingling sensation.

18 Aug 2013

Rosacea and Menopause

There are several skin conditions that affect women during their lifetime. These include acne during adolescence, striae or stretch marks due to drastic weight gain or loss, sun damage, skin cancer and rosacea. All of these conditions require appropriate diagnosis, management and treatment.

18 Aug 2013

Rosacea and Genetics

Rosacea is typically characterized by a flushing and reddish discoloration of facial skin, followed by increased prominence of blood vessels, swelling and scaling of skin, and the formation of subcutaneous bumps and pustules. Some patients also develop deformities of the nose, a condition called rhinophyma.

18 Aug 2013

Fibromyalgia and Narcolepsy Drug Sodium Oxybate

There are several studies that show that a drug approved for use in a condition called Narcolepsy may help patients with sleep and fatigue problems in fibromyalgia.

18 Aug 2013

What is the Placenta?

The placenta is a disc shaped organ that has a very rich blood supply that provides nutrition to the unborn baby within the mother’s womb. It weighs around 600 grams when fully formed and is around 2 to 4 cm thick.

8 Aug 2013

Fibromyalgia and Diabetes

There have been studies that have evaluated concomitant conditions occurring with fibromyalgia. One aspect is to look for the association of fibromyalgia with diabetes mellitus. One such study looked at the prevalence of diabetes type 1 and type 2 among patients with fibromyalgia.

7 Aug 2013

Fibromyalgia and Sjögren's Syndrome

Sjӧgren's disease or Sjögren's syndrome is an inflammatory autoimmune disease. The immune system normally protects the body from microbes and foreign invasions by germs. In autoimmune diseases the immune system fails to recognize self from non-self and attacks the body's own cells.

7 Aug 2013

Fibromyalgia and Lupus

Fibromyalgia has been commonly misdiagnosed in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) since the symptoms of both conditions may significantly overlap making diagnosis difficult.

7 Aug 2013

Fibromyalgia and Vibration Therapy

Whole body vibration therapy has been studied in several chronic pain conditions including fibromyalgia.

5 Aug 2013

Fibromyalgia and Weather/Seasonal Changes

Fibromyalgia syndrome is an incurable chronic and long term condition with symptoms including widespread pain and pain in the tender points, fatigue, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, inability to get refreshing sleep, waking up tired and stiff and developing cognitive disturbances including lack of concentration and clumsiness, dizziness etc.

4 Aug 2013

Fibromyalgia 'Flare-Ups'

Based on fulfilling 11 out of the 18 tender points, fibromyalgia affects around 2% of adult Americans. However, in 2010 the 1990 American College of Rheumatology’s tender points were taken out of the diagnosis procedure. When this is considered, fibromyalgia symptoms are seen in about 10% of American adults.

4 Aug 2013

Fibromyalgia and Parenting

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition with widespread pain, impairment of daily living functions, sleep disturbance and lack of sleep, presence of typical tender points over the body etc. There are other symptoms such as non-restorative sleep and fatigue.

31 Jul 2013