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Dr. Selina McGee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By\u00a0Selina McGee, OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This story was originally published in Review of Presbyopia and the Aging Eye<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rosacea is a common skin condition that can affect the patients we encounter every day during a comprehensive eye exam. As more optometrists recognize and treat this chronic condition, it\u2019s important to consider identification, subtypes, and ongoing management. More than half of patients identified with rosacea will have symptoms that relate to their ocular health. Patients can have dryness, photophobia, foreign-body sensation and co-morbidities such as blepharitis and keratitis that ultimately can compromise vision.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

UNDERSTANDING ROSACEA AND OCULAR ROSACEA<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Telangiectasias in a patient with ocular rosacea as well as demodex blepharitis. All photos courtesy of Dr. Selina McGee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rosacea is a common, chronic skin condition of which the pathophysiology and pathogenesis are poorly understood. In 2017, an updated system of classifying rosacea through phenotype has been supported worldwide and by the National Rosacea Society. It includes any two of the following: non-transient erythema, flushing, telangiectasias, edema, papules and pustules. These all make up the fixed central facial erythema phenotype.2<\/sup><\/p>\n

The second phenotype is phymatous changes, which are typically seen on the nose and are more common in men.2<\/sup> Itching, burning and stinging are secondary characteristics that can also occur with rosacea.2\u00a0<\/sup>See Figures 1 and 2 for classic examples of patients suffering with facial and ocular rosacea.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1. Non-transient erythema, flushing, telangiectasias, papules, and pustules.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Figure 2. Non-transient erythema, flushing, telangiectasias, papules, and pustules, as well as early rhinophyma.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SYMPTOMS OF ROSACEA<\/strong><\/h4>\n