Rosacea: What Increases Your Risk
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What Increases Your Risk
There are no known risk factors for rosacea. But many people with this skin condition have family members with rosacea.1
Certain triggers can cause flushing of the skin and a flare-up of rosacea symptoms. These triggers include sun, stress, hot weather, alcohol, caffeine, spicy food, exercise, hot baths, and cold weather. Triggers produce a sudden increase in blood flow through the blood vessels in the face. This causes the blood vessels to expand and the face to flush. A trigger that affects one person may not affect another.
| Last updated: | July 24, 2007 |
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| Author: | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Alexander H. Murray, MD, FRCPC - Dermatology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC |
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