Immune System (quote from Nase book)

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Hi,

While we're on the topic of rosacea / auto-immune disease, there is a

snippet in Dr. Nase's book (http://www.drnase.com) on page 93 which

gives the flip-side of the coin. I'll quote the main point here.

" It is important for rosacea sufferers and general physicians to

understand that rosacea is _NOT_ an auto-immune disease (242, 243).

The immune system does _NOT_ produce antibodies or

specifically " attack " the facial skin and blood vessels. The average

rosacea sufferer has a perfectly health immune system. (242, 243)

[emphasis in book is bold and underlined lower-case where I have used

_THIS_ format]

The references are as follows:

242: Marks, R. " cea: hopeless hypotheses, marvellous myths and

dermal disorganisation " . In: Proceedings of an international

symposium, Cardiff, edited by R. Marks and G. Plewid. Cardiff:

Dunitz Ltd, 1988, p.293-299

243: Manna, V., R. Marks, and P. Hold. Involvement of immune

mechanisms in the pathogenesis of rosacea. Br J Dermatol 107:203-

208, 1982

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