1.5 How does rosacea progress ?
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This article is from the Rosacea Disorder FAQ, by David Pascoe pascoedj+usenet@spamcop.net with numerous contributions by others.
1.5 How does rosacea progress ?
"Rosacea normally progresses in the same generalised fashion, frequent
dilation of facial blood vessels leads to vascular hyper-responsiveness
and structural damage."
Rosacea experts talk about rosacea symptoms appearing in 4 stages. Over
time rosacea can progress from one stage to the next.
From Dr. J Wilkin:
"Most textbooks and literature citations characterize rosacea as a disease
that gradually evolves from early to later subtypes. However, there is not
conclusive evidence to substantiate that course and we want to know if it
really occurs. Nevertheless, the individual features within a subtype can
get worse, so early treatment is advocated, even if there is not
progression from one stage to the next,"
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