Rosacea Associated with Numerous Comorbid Diseases
A new case-control study links rosacea with a number of systemic comorbid diseases. The findings appear in the online Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
“Physicians should be aware of these associations to provide comprehensive care to patients with rosacea,” researchers wrote, “especially to those with more severe disease.”
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The study included 65 people with rosacea and 65 people without the condition who were matched by age, sex, and race.
Researchers found a significant association between rosacea, airborne allergies and female hormone imbalance, food allergies, gastroesophageal reflux and other gastrointestinal diseases, hypertension, metabolic and urogenital diseases, and respiratory diseases.
In patients with moderate to severe rosacea, they identified a significant link, compared with mild rosacea, to hyperlipidemia, hypertension, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
“Rosacea is associated with numerous systemic comorbid diseases in a skin severity-dependent manner,” they wrote.
The common chronic inflammatory dermatosis has been associated with systemic comorbidities in the past, but methodical studies addressing the link have been lacking, researchers explained.—Jolynn Tumolo
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