Re: longetivity of rosacea

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Surveys like this can be misleading. First of all,

the sample size is really small. Finding an average

in a group that small means that any outlying number

(a number that's really high or really low) can skew

the final result. I'd be more interested in polling

patients who've had the condition for more than, say,

10 years, to see what the upper end of " chronic "

really means. Plus, of the 48% who said their rosacea

cleared, we don't know how long they have been

" clear, " and whether or not this is really a temporary

remission. A natural history study of rosacea would

be a very interesting and useful project, I would

think.

>

> cea is a chronic disorder, rather than a

> short-term condition,

> and is often characterized by relapses and

> remissions. A

> retrospective study of 48 previously diagnosed

> rosacea patients found

> that 52 percent still had active rosacea, with an

> average ongoing

> duration of 13 years. The remaining 48 percent had

> cleared, and the

> average duration of their rosacea was nine years.

>

> Has anyone heard of such a thing, it lasting for 13

> years and then

> goes away. That sounds like someone has put a curse

> on us for

> 13 years.

>

> So can that be possible. It doesnt seem right to

> me.

>

> Any thoughts??

>

> Rose

>

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