Re: Does this sound right?

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Hi Alan,

Thursday, January 24, 2002, 11:12:50 PM, you wrote:

AS> what I get is basically large red

AS> bumps on my nose, usually around the sides, when it happens the main

AS> part of my nose goes extremely red, these lumps are often puss filled

AS> but sometimes appear not.

When my rosacea was/is bad I get a swelling as a lump on my nose, the

swelling forms a higher mound, goes very red and then gets a clear/whitish

head as the fluid makes its way to the surface. Then it breaks through.

The whole cycle takes like 10 days or so. I don't get bumps as big as a

pound coin, maybe more like 10p. The rest sounds the same though.

As I understand it, it is the flushing that causes the buildup of these

`immune cells'. Over time the damaged vessels leak more and more and

lesions can form more easily. Antibiotics can have a good anti

inflammatory affect and reduce the irritation caused. The rosacea-ltd disk

help me, but only for the more surface papules, anything deep under the

skin will need something more systemic - maybe even ro/accutane.

cheers,

davidp.

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Pascoe, dp@..., South Perth, Western Australia