Re: Re: The role of heredity in the severity & type of symptoms

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About rosacea inheritance:

I heard from my dermatologist that it now believed that rosacea is a genetic

disease rather than an inherited condition like blue eyes, blonde hair, bad

eyesigh etc. Like acne the defective gene/s can be passed on through the

generations

but can also skip entire generations.

In my case my parents, grand-parents, uncles/aunts from both sides of the family

all had very good skin. None had rosacea or any signs of acne. All my uncles

and aunts children have good skin. I and three brothers had persistent acne

well into our thirties and forties. I then developed rosacea two years ago and

one of my brothers looks like he has also got it. My only sister did not have

acne at all. In our case it seems that it is transmitted through the male line

and appears to be selective in hitting isolated families.

I come from Ireland and rosacea is sometimes referred to here as God's curse

on the Irish because so many people suffer from the condition. Climatic

temperature

also is believed to play a major part in rosacea and there appears to be a

definite

bias for rosacea occurring in the northern cooler climates where there are

extremes

of temperatures between winter and summer unlike Mediterrarean countries and

the tropics where climatic temperatures are almost consistent througout the

year.

Having said that there is no concrete proof that it is genetic until the

defective

gene/s that causes it is/are identified. It's just a general belief that

genetics

plays the major part in the onset of rosacea. If the gene is identified

presumably

there would then be hope for some cure for future generations.

There appears to be very little research into the causes of the disease and

most efforts seems to go into inventing concoctions alleged to control it, some

of which are weird to say the least. cea sufferers are a vulnerable group

because the disease is not life threatening. If it was life threatening we would

not be too concerned with appearance only about how long we'll live. It affects

self-image and we are prepared to pay fortunes to try out any whimsical cream

or diet in desperation. When these do not work as alleged, we delete them from

our to-do list and go on to try something else at another financial outlay.

I went through lots the treatments over two years until I went on low dose

Roaccutane

costing me about US$20 per month and I've been clear of rosacea pustules(not

cured) for well over a month now. I's a miracle how quickly my face cleared

up after three weeks compared with two years on anti-biotics and gels that were

costing me about US$40 per month and which had minimal effect. I can now look

collegues in the eye instead of turning the " good side " of my face towards them

when they must have thought I was behaving strangely. I now take ten minutes

to shower, shave and get ready in the morning - it used to take a full hour

of applying ice cubes to swellings, applying women's blemish coverup to try

to hide the redpatches, often washing my face a second or third time when I

was not satisfied with my artistic work and then I would start all over again.

>

>

>FWIW As far as I know no one in my family has rosacea except me!

>

>

>>

>> I've noticed that many times when people describe their own

>> experience with rosecea, they also mention one or more relative

>whose

>> symptoms or progression were similar if not identical to their

>own.

>>

>> Before I get my hopes up too much, can anyone tell me if it's

>logical

>> to assume that more often than not, this is precisely happens? I

>> mean, for those of us who KNOW that a relative of ours had or has

>> rosecea.

>>

>> How predictive might family history be in the COURSE and/or

>SEVERITY

>> of an individual's condition?

>>

>>

>> THANKS!

>

>

>

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About rosacea inheritance:

I heard from my dermatologist that it now believed that rosacea is a genetic

disease rather than an inherited condition like blue eyes, blonde hair, bad

eyesigh etc. Like acne the defective gene/s can be passed on through the

generations

but can also skip entire generations.

In my case my parents, grand-parents, uncles/aunts from both sides of the family

all had very good skin. None had rosacea or any signs of acne. All my uncles

and aunts children have good skin. I and three brothers had persistent acne

well into our thirties and forties. I then developed rosacea two years ago and

one of my brothers looks like he has also got it. My only sister did not have

acne at all. In our case it seems that it is transmitted through the male line

and appears to be selective in hitting isolated families.

I come from Ireland and rosacea is sometimes referred to here as God's curse

on the Irish because so many people suffer from the condition. Climatic

temperature

also is believed to play a major part in rosacea and there appears to be a

definite

bias for rosacea occurring in the northern cooler climates where there are

extremes

of temperatures between winter and summer unlike Mediterrarean countries and

the tropics where climatic temperatures are almost consistent througout the

year.

Having said that there is no concrete proof that it is genetic until the

defective

gene/s that causes it is/are identified. It's just a general belief that

genetics

plays the major part in the onset of rosacea. If the gene is identified

presumably

there would then be hope for some cure for future generations.

There appears to be very little research into the causes of the disease and

most efforts seems to go into inventing concoctions alleged to control it, some

of which are weird to say the least. cea sufferers are a vulnerable group

because the disease is not life threatening. If it was life threatening we would

not be too concerned with appearance only about how long we'll live. It affects

self-image and we are prepared to pay fortunes to try out any whimsical cream

or diet in desperation. When these do not work as alleged, we delete them from

our to-do list and go on to try something else at another financial outlay.

I went through lots the treatments over two years until I went on low dose

Roaccutane

costing me about US$20 per month and I've been clear of rosacea pustules(not

cured) for well over a month now. I's a miracle how quickly my face cleared

up after three weeks compared with two years on anti-biotics and gels that were

costing me about US$40 per month and which had minimal effect. I can now look

collegues in the eye instead of turning the " good side " of my face towards them

when they must have thought I was behaving strangely. I now take ten minutes

to shower, shave and get ready in the morning - it used to take a full hour

of applying ice cubes to swellings, applying women's blemish coverup to try

to hide the redpatches, often washing my face a second or third time when I

was not satisfied with my artistic work and then I would start all over again.

>

>

>FWIW As far as I know no one in my family has rosacea except me!

>

>

>>

>> I've noticed that many times when people describe their own

>> experience with rosecea, they also mention one or more relative

>whose

>> symptoms or progression were similar if not identical to their

>own.

>>

>> Before I get my hopes up too much, can anyone tell me if it's

>logical

>> to assume that more often than not, this is precisely happens? I

>> mean, for those of us who KNOW that a relative of ours had or has

>> rosecea.

>>

>> How predictive might family history be in the COURSE and/or

>SEVERITY

>> of an individual's condition?

>>

>>

>> THANKS!

>

>

>

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About rosacea inheritance:

I heard from my dermatologist that it now believed that rosacea is a genetic

disease rather than an inherited condition like blue eyes, blonde hair, bad

eyesigh etc. Like acne the defective gene/s can be passed on through the

generations

but can also skip entire generations.

In my case my parents, grand-parents, uncles/aunts from both sides of the family

all had very good skin. None had rosacea or any signs of acne. All my uncles

and aunts children have good skin. I and three brothers had persistent acne

well into our thirties and forties. I then developed rosacea two years ago and

one of my brothers looks like he has also got it. My only sister did not have

acne at all. In our case it seems that it is transmitted through the male line

and appears to be selective in hitting isolated families.

I come from Ireland and rosacea is sometimes referred to here as God's curse

on the Irish because so many people suffer from the condition. Climatic

temperature

also is believed to play a major part in rosacea and there appears to be a

definite

bias for rosacea occurring in the northern cooler climates where there are

extremes

of temperatures between winter and summer unlike Mediterrarean countries and

the tropics where climatic temperatures are almost consistent througout the

year.

Having said that there is no concrete proof that it is genetic until the

defective

gene/s that causes it is/are identified. It's just a general belief that

genetics

plays the major part in the onset of rosacea. If the gene is identified

presumably

there would then be hope for some cure for future generations.

There appears to be very little research into the causes of the disease and

most efforts seems to go into inventing concoctions alleged to control it, some

of which are weird to say the least. cea sufferers are a vulnerable group

because the disease is not life threatening. If it was life threatening we would

not be too concerned with appearance only about how long we'll live. It affects

self-image and we are prepared to pay fortunes to try out any whimsical cream

or diet in desperation. When these do not work as alleged, we delete them from

our to-do list and go on to try something else at another financial outlay.

I went through lots the treatments over two years until I went on low dose

Roaccutane

costing me about US$20 per month and I've been clear of rosacea pustules(not

cured) for well over a month now. I's a miracle how quickly my face cleared

up after three weeks compared with two years on anti-biotics and gels that were

costing me about US$40 per month and which had minimal effect. I can now look

collegues in the eye instead of turning the " good side " of my face towards them

when they must have thought I was behaving strangely. I now take ten minutes

to shower, shave and get ready in the morning - it used to take a full hour

of applying ice cubes to swellings, applying women's blemish coverup to try

to hide the redpatches, often washing my face a second or third time when I

was not satisfied with my artistic work and then I would start all over again.

>

>

>FWIW As far as I know no one in my family has rosacea except me!

>

>

>>

>> I've noticed that many times when people describe their own

>> experience with rosecea, they also mention one or more relative

>whose

>> symptoms or progression were similar if not identical to their

>own.

>>

>> Before I get my hopes up too much, can anyone tell me if it's

>logical

>> to assume that more often than not, this is precisely happens? I

>> mean, for those of us who KNOW that a relative of ours had or has

>> rosecea.

>>

>> How predictive might family history be in the COURSE and/or

>SEVERITY

>> of an individual's condition?

>>

>>

>> THANKS!

>

>

>

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Ditto for me - My mother was told by a doctor she " had rosacea " but after

one tube of metrogel and one month of antibiotics she's " cured " . Wouldn't

that be nice. My family is all olive complexion (maybe the American Indian

blood?) but there's some Irish in there so until I joined this group I

thought that I was the only one in the family to have rosacea because I'm

the only fair complexion one. (That typical peaches and cream type)

Re: The role of heredity in the severity & type of

symptoms

>

>

> FWIW As far as I know no one in my family has rosacea except me!

>

>

> >

> > I've noticed that many times when people describe their own

> > experience with rosecea, they also mention one or more relative

> whose

> > symptoms or progression were similar if not identical to their

> own.

> >

> > Before I get my hopes up too much, can anyone tell me if it's

> logical

> > to assume that more often than not, this is precisely happens? I

> > mean, for those of us who KNOW that a relative of ours had or has

> > rosecea.

> >

> > How predictive might family history be in the COURSE and/or

> SEVERITY

> > of an individual's condition?

> >

> >

> > THANKS!

>

>

>

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kevc wrote .......definite bias for rosacea occurring in the northern cooler

climates where there are extremes of temperatures between winter and summer

unlike Mediterranean ....

This made me recall a story I heard on NPR radio yesterday about a girl in a

small town that went to Beijing for a couple of years and when she came back

to her hometown her cheeks had a " permanent redness from the cold winters "

(may not be an exact quote but close).

Re: Re: The role of heredity in the severity & type of

symptoms

> About rosacea inheritance:

>

> I heard from my dermatologist that it now believed that rosacea is a

genetic

> disease rather than an inherited condition like blue eyes, blonde hair,

bad

> eyesigh etc. Like acne the defective gene/s can be passed on through the

generations

> but can also skip entire generations.

>

> In my case my parents, grand-parents, uncles/aunts from both sides of the

family

> all had very good skin. None had rosacea or any signs of acne. All my

uncles

> and aunts children have good skin. I and three brothers had persistent

acne

> well into our thirties and forties. I then developed rosacea two years ago

and

> one of my brothers looks like he has also got it. My only sister did not

have

> acne at all. In our case it seems that it is transmitted through the male

line

> and appears to be selective in hitting isolated families.

>

> I come from Ireland and rosacea is sometimes referred to here as God's

curse

> on the Irish because so many people suffer from the condition. Climatic

temperature

> also is believed to play a major part in rosacea and there appears to be a

definite

> bias for rosacea occurring in the northern cooler climates where there are

extremes

> of temperatures between winter and summer unlike Mediterrarean countries

and

> the tropics where climatic temperatures are almost consistent througout

the

> year.

>

> Having said that there is no concrete proof that it is genetic until the

defective

> gene/s that causes it is/are identified. It's just a general belief that

genetics

> plays the major part in the onset of rosacea. If the gene is identified

presumably

> there would then be hope for some cure for future generations.

>

> There appears to be very little research into the causes of the disease

and

> most efforts seems to go into inventing concoctions alleged to control it,

some

> of which are weird to say the least. cea sufferers are a vulnerable

group

> because the disease is not life threatening. If it was life threatening we

would

> not be too concerned with appearance only about how long we'll live. It

affects

> self-image and we are prepared to pay fortunes to try out any whimsical

cream

> or diet in desperation. When these do not work as alleged, we delete them

from

> our to-do list and go on to try something else at another financial

outlay.

> I went through lots the treatments over two years until I went on low dose

Roaccutane

> costing me about US$20 per month and I've been clear of rosacea

pustules(not

> cured) for well over a month now. I's a miracle how quickly my face

cleared

> up after three weeks compared with two years on anti-biotics and gels that

were

> costing me about US$40 per month and which had minimal effect. I can now

look

> collegues in the eye instead of turning the " good side " of my face towards

them

> when they must have thought I was behaving strangely. I now take ten

minutes

> to shower, shave and get ready in the morning - it used to take a full

hour

> of applying ice cubes to swellings, applying women's blemish coverup to

try

> to hide the redpatches, often washing my face a second or third time when

I

> was not satisfied with my artistic work and then I would start all over

again.

>

>

> >

> >

> >FWIW As far as I know no one in my family has rosacea except me!

> >

> >

> >>

> >> I've noticed that many times when people describe their own

> >> experience with rosecea, they also mention one or more relative

> >whose

> >> symptoms or progression were similar if not identical to their

> >own.

> >>

> >> Before I get my hopes up too much, can anyone tell me if it's

> >logical

> >> to assume that more often than not, this is precisely happens? I

> >> mean, for those of us who KNOW that a relative of ours had or has

> >> rosecea.

> >>

> >> How predictive might family history be in the COURSE and/or

> >SEVERITY

> >> of an individual's condition?

> >>

> >>

> >> THANKS!

> >

> >

> >

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> >

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> >

> >