Exploring the association between rosacea and gastrointestinal disease

Introduction: Rosacea is a common inflammatory skin disease characterized by flares of centrofacial flushing, erythema, and varying presence of papules, pustules, and telangiectasias. Establishing the validity of gastrointestinal (GI) bacterial associations with rosacea is important to test the hypothesis of rosacea presenting as a cutaneous manifestation of a more systemic inflammatory disease. As a systemic inflammatory disease, overgrowth of GI bacterial populations and/or their products may contribute to rosacea symptoms, driving disease flares.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Source Type: research