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Sunburn Might Play a Role in Rosacea

Posted 10 Mar 2009 by Drugs.com

TUESDAY, March 10 – New research suggests that people with the reddening skin condition rosacea tend to have a family history of the disease and a personal history of sunburns. Rosacea, a chronic condition that commonly affects the face and can also cause swelling and vascular abnormalities, affects roughly 14 million Americans. Its cause is unknown. In a Boston-based study of 130 people, half with moderate to severe rosacea and half without, 34 percent of those with the disease reported having a relative who also had the skin disorder, whereas only about 10 percent of those without the disease had it in their family. The researchers also found that 44 percent of people with rosacea reported having had blistering sunburns at some time, compared with just more than 5 percent of the others. "Even when we did a more sophisticated analysis of the data controlling for age and gender, we ... Read more

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