Alexander Egeberg, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and coauthors examined the risk of new - onset PD
in patients with rosacea.
In a similar fashion, researchers have linked a condition called Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) to rosacea, demonstrating that when the antibiotic rifaximin is used to eliminate the bacterial pathogens from the small intestine, a significant proportion
of patients with rosacea note an improvement in their condition (2).
The researchers found that there is an increased risk of having dementia among
older patients with rosacea and those diagnosed with the skin condition by hospital dermatologists.
Unlike with acne vulgaris,
patients with rosacea do not usually have oily skin, because the condition has nothing to do with blocked skin pores.
In the meantime, Porsteinsson
advised patients with rosacea, particularly those 60 and older, to pay attention to any meaningful decline in short - term memory, word - finding, decision - making, and / or navigation in their later years — over 60.
One study conducted in Mexico City's General Hospital found much greater numbers of these mites in biopsies of the skin
in patients with rosacea than in people without rosacea.
STUDY ONE — this study analysed the skin composition
of patients with rosacea and found substantially increased levels of cathelicidin.
PD also appeared to occur about 2.4 years earlier in
patients with rosacea.
Patients with rosacea, a chronic inflammatory skin condition, appeared to have increased risk of new - onset Parkinson disease compared with individuals in the general Danish population but further studies are need to confirm this observation and the clinical consequences of it, according to an article published online by JAMA Neurology.
The incidence rates of PD were 3.54 per 10,000 person - years in the population and 7.62 per 10,000 person - years in
patients with rosacea, according to the results.
«In sum, Egeberg et al show, for what appears to be the first time, that there is a significantly increased risk of PD in
patients with rosacea.
Those patients with rosacea were found to be at 7 percent more likely to develop dementia and 25 percent more at risk to develop Alzheimer's disease.
One recent study concluded that
patients with rosacea have higher incidences of embarrassment, social anxiety, depression, and decreased Quality o Life compared with the rest of the population.
Taking all this into consideration, this is a breakdown of how I approach
a patient with rosacea.
Pretty basic stuff, and at the first glance of
a patient with rosacea you would think they had acne too; the symptoms look that similar.
In the mix of a lot of technical data there was one big statistic:
patients with rosacea were 8 times more likely to have a demodex mite infestation.
Egeberg called the new study «the first comprehensive investigation of Alzheimer's disease in a large population of
patients with rosacea.»
«Certain proteins and inflammatory processes have been found in increased levels in the skin of
patients with rosacea,» noted Egeberg, «These have also been linked to dementia, in particular Alzheimer's disease,» he added.
«At our hospital department we noticed that
our patients with rosacea frequently suffer from other conditions, in particular autoimmune disease,» Dr. Egeberg says.