Diagnosis of Rosacea

Read about Rosacea Diagnosis presented in simple easy to understand language

Diagnosis of the Rosacea is done depending on the signs and the symptoms of the patients affected by rosacea. This is because the rosacea resembles most of other skin diseases.

Therefore, when diagnosing for rosacea other diseases must also be considered such as,
• acne
• contact dermatitis
• eczema
• lupus
• sarcoidosis

As we know that there are some of the particular variants of this disease such as ocular rosacea (which affects the eyes), a standard classification can be developed to diagnosize the Rosacea. The classification system uses diagnostic criteria which assesses both primary & secondary features (signs & symptoms) of rosacea.

Primary Features: Occurrence of one or more of the below mentioned features is a indicate to the rosacea diseases.
• flushing
• persistent redness of the face
• bumps & pimples
• visible blood vessels

Secondary Features: These includes the following,
• burning or stinging
• plaques - raised red patches of skin
• dry appearance to the skin
• swelling - edema
• eye irritation - e.g. burning or itching of the eyes, inflammation of the eye lid
• affected areas beyond the face - features of rosacea can also occur on other areas including the neck chest scalp & ears.
• skin thickening - phymatous changes such as rhinophyma