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I'm sorry to be posting so many today.

I have one question to ask. Obviously with rosacea many of us have devleoped

swelling, that, if like mine, is fairly persistant and arises when the skin is

hot or irritated mainly. These two I can understand because obviously the blood

vessels are more likely to leak when exposed to these conditions. I also find

many foods and stress cause swelling but think this may be because they heat up

the body, and as I mentionned any form of heat is a major trigger.

I have found though that I have swelling to anything that causes fluid

retention. I am not sure if this is part of rosacea but I get the same kind of

dramatic swelling when having eaten too much (I say too much but even a minimal

amount) of salt, any tablets that say they may cause fluid retention

undoubtedly leaves me swollen, if you'd read my last posts you'd know that

taking the pill is a cause, I am also very swollen in the mornings. I am trying

to work out if these are rosacea related or this puffyness is something that

would have develeoped even if I hadn't got rosacea. I have a few theories but

would be interested if others get this suseptibility to fluid retention realted

puffiness and if they think/ know it is rosacea related?

Thanks

b

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