What is ROSACEA?
Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that can affect both the face and other areas of the body.
How does ROSACEA make itself felt?
Skin rosacea begins with varying degrees of redness, later vasodilatation, vesicles, nodules and tissue neoplasms may appear.
Special form of ROSACEA: ocular rosacea
The special form ophthalmorosazea (ocular rosacea, eye rosacea) most frequently affects patients in adulthood between the ages of 30 and 50; infantile rosacea occurs less frequently.
Symptoms of AUGENROSACEA
The complaints of ocular rosacea (eye rosacea) can erupt in the following symptom complexes: dry eye syndrome, visual disturbances (e.g. blurred vision, photophobia), recurrent swelling / eye redness / styes / conjunctival or lid margin inflammation. In children, corneal involvement may also occur - with infiltration, ulceration, vascularization and scarring. Ocular symptomatology may develop in relation to skin symptomatology (e.g., before, during, or after the onset of skin symptoms), as well as appear as an independent clinical picture. The severity of the ocular symptomatology does not always correlate with the severity of the skin symptomatology.
Causes of AUGENROSACEA
The exact cause of ocular rosacea is unclear. It can be caused by one or more factors, for example genetic predisposition, environmental influences, psychological stress, bacterial superinfection, meibomian gland dysfunction or demodex infestation (hair follicle mites) of the eyelashes.
Factors that can lead to worsening of skin rosacea and eye rosacea are: Food with hot spices, alcohol, exposure to sunlight, wind or excessive temperature changes, certain emotions (e.g. stress, anger), physical exertion, hot baths or sauna.
Therapeutic possibilities of AUGENROSACEA
Ocular rosacea can be alleviated by medication (in drop, ointment or tablet form) as well as suitable care products and certain behaviours in everyday life (e.g. eyelid margin hygiene), but in most cases it cannot be completely cured. Due to the chronification of this disease, new relapses can occur again and again. As a person affected, it is important in the case of chronic inflammations in the eye area to obtain an ophthalmological and a dermatological co-assessment in good time.
