Rosacea is a chronic, acne-like condition of the facial skin. It typically results in hyper-responsive blood vessels that dilate to numerous internal and external stimuli. This causes frequent facial flushing such as facial redness, inflammatory papules, pustules and burning sensations. If rosacea is left untreated, then it tends to worsen over time because changes are gradual.

Factors which cause rosacea are following:

• Rosacea tends to affect the “blush” areas of the face and is more common in people who flush easily. As Flushing is an essential part of the condition, so experts believe that blood vessels are a significant component to the cause of rosacea. Read the rest of this entry →

Chicken pox is a highly infectious skin disease caused by virus. The virus is called the varicella-zoster virus. Once a person is exposed to the chickenpox virus, it takes between 2 and 3 weeks before the symptoms appear. Chickenpox usually occurs in childhood. Chickenpox is usually more severe in adults and very young infants than children.

The symptoms of chickenpox vary from individual to individual. Symptoms tend to appear 14 to 16 days after the initial exposure but can occur any time from 10 days up to 21 days after contact with the virus. The most common symptoms of chickenpox are following:

1. Children sometimes have a fever, malaise, and mild abdominal pain for 1 to 2 days.
2. The fever lasts about 2 to 4 days. The fever with chicken pox usually ranges from 100 to 102 degrees Fahrenheit, but may be as high as 106 degrees in some cases.
3. The rash typically appears. Common sites for the rash include the face, scalp, chest and back. The rash can also spread across your entire body, even into your throat, eyes and vagina. New spots continue to appear for several days.
4. Chicken pox crusts that are scratched off or infected may lead to scars.
5. Children with chicken pox usually loss their appetite.
6. Bacterial infection of the skin is the most common complication of chicken pox. Rare complications of chicken pox include pneumonia and encephalitis (swelling of the brain).

Eczema causes inflammation of the skin and formation of pustules People with eczema may have a unique set of causes, or triggers, that produce a skin rash. Eczema can sometimes occur as a brief reaction that only leads to symptoms for a few hours or days, but in other cases, the symptoms persist over a longer time and are referred to as chronic dermatitis.

Following are common symptoms of eczema:

1. 1. The first symptom in most people with eczema is intense itching. The itchy feeling, the creases and folds of skin can be very obvious, especially children who are usually only touch on the skin and itches.
2. Sometimes, eczema may lead to blisters and oozing lesions.
3. Eczema can also result in dry and scaly skin.
4. Repeated scratching may lead to thickened, crusty skin.
5. In children and adults, eczema typically occurs on the face, neck, and the insides of the elbows, knees, and ankles. In infants, eczema occurs on the forehead, cheeks, forearms, legs and neck.
6. The main symptoms of eczema are skin that is dry, red and inflamed. The area of skin that is affected is often very itchy and in some cases small blisters may form, which can weep and become crusted. The surface of the skin may become moist and crusty if these blisters burst, or when scratching damages the skin.
7. The skins of areas of eczema that have been inflamed for a while are usually much thicker than unaffected skin. Mainly this occurs as a protective response of the skin to the repeated trauma of scratching.
8. Commonly one will see splits may be appear on the skin (fissures), as the thickened skin is unable to bend as it would normally.
9. Small blisters may be seen in active eczema but occasionally large ones may occur, either due to the particular nature of the eczema or because of skin infection coming along as well when the blisters may be filled not only with clear fluid but also pus.
10. A burning sensation can also be one of the symptoms of eczema.

Rosacea is a very common and chronic skin disorder. It causes redness and pimples on the nose, forehead, cheeks, chin and sometimes the eyes as well. In most of the cases, Rosacea is cyclical, i.e. you may experience symptoms for a period of weeks or months, then the symptoms fade for a time before flaring up again in the future.

Rosacea often occurs in three phases, with symptoms growing progressively worse with each phase. It’s though not life threatening, but can be dangerous in a sense that the skin disorder, and embarrassment due to it can lead towards emotional disorders.