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Rosacea is a chronic skin disorder affecting mostly adults. Extrafacial areas of involvement can lead to conjunctivitis. Rosacea is a common disorder, showing in one study a prevalence of about 10%, with women being affected more often than men. Inflammatory rosacea presents between the ages of 30 and 50 years, and tends to be chronic with frequent recurrences of papules and pustules. There is a correlation between severity of ocular rosacea and tendency to strong facial flushing. The cause of this disorder has been subject of wide opinions and speculations.^1-3

Successful treatments of rosacea serve to reduce symptoms and the red facial appearance. Systemic therapy consists mainly of oral antibiotics. Effective therapy with oral use of tetracyclines or topical metronidazole achieves improvement in 80% to 90% of cases. Combining these modalities is often used to achieve a rapid response.^1-4 Oral antibiotics, requiring frequent administration, introduce the possibility of poor compliance, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Adolfo Fernandez-Obregon, MD
Hudson Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center
10 Church Towers
Hoboken, NJ 07030
(e-mail: ob-1@worldnet.att.net)

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