MBBS, Diploma In Venerology & Dermatology (DVD), MD
Dermatologist, Jabalpur
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Wine can be an important cause of rosacea.
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Hot beverages, spicy foods, alcohol like wine, beer, vodka, extreme weather changes, stress and sudden change in moods can cause flare-ups. Research has shown that alcohol can be a major cause of rosacea as compared to other causative agents like extreme weather, stress or spicy and hot food. Red wine has been reported to affect the most among all other alcoholic beverages.
You can consider having a sauna bath if your skin gets rosacea.
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Sauna bath can trigger or worsen rosacea. A sauna bath or hot bath and showers, physical exercises or exposing the skin to any kind of heat can increase dilation in the blood vessels. The elastic tissue of the skin may get damaged due to the heat and hence, the skin may flare-up.
Choose the microbe that can be a probable cause of rosacea.
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Helicobacter pylori is a bacteria that usually resides in the stomach. It may enter through unclean food. Several researches have suggested that the bacteria increase the amount of gastrin, a digestive hormone that may affect the skin and may cause it to flare up. According to another theory, bacteria can also trigger bradykinin protein production that causes vasodilation.
Pick the odd one out.
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Olive oil and other healthy fats like coconut oil, nuts, avocado, chia seeds, flax seeds etc are good for the stomach and aids in systemic inflammation reduction. These foods are also helpful I reducing stress and balancing hormone production.
Caffeine withdrawal can cause rosacea.
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If you are a coffee addict and binge drink coffee or other caffeinated beverages, it is important that you taper the intake quantity gradually before stopping it completely. Caffeine withdrawal syndrome has been reported to cause rosacea in people. Hence, it is important to avoid coffee slowly and not stop it abruptly.
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