Re: artificial sweeteners and NSAIDS?

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> has anyone experienced a rosacea like dermatitis when ingesting

large

> amounts of aspartame such as diet coke, diet 7 up, etc?

>

> same question for ibuprofen

Ibuprofen. I suffer from headaches and migraines and used to

take four to six tablets of Motrin a week. Since I was diagnosed

with rosacea this past December I only take the Motrin when

absolutely necessary. I don't know if I had a rosacea like

dermatitis but I did have several red streaks on both sides of

my face. It took several weeks for the red lines to diminish.

Now they are pale lines but not as pronounced as they were in

December. At that time I noticed a tiny blood red dot on my lip

and others on my torso. I called my first Derm and asked him

what they were. He said they were skin hemorrhages and that a

person could get them from taking too much aspirin and that they

would go away on their own. They haven't. I have some on my legs

now. I'm sort of assuming here that ibuprofen and aspirin have

some similar properties. In reading some older posts I came

across #28249. I think these red dots are called " petechiae " .

The post has a list of additional causes of these blood red dots.

I apologize for digressing a bit here but I wanted to take this

opportunity to discuss ibuprofen and to find out if there are

other rosaceans who also have these red dots on their body. If so,

did they go away? Do you think you got them from too much ibuprofen?

From something else? How does a person get rid of these things?

Aspartame. I don't usually drink a lot of soft drinks. When I do

have a diet soda I do not notice any rashes or negative changes

to my rosacea.