Rosacea

• Skin and Fertility-

  A few weeks back Dr. Lorne Brown, the clinical director of Acubalance Wellness Centre, interviewed me on how I use skin to help me diagnosis fertility problems. Have a listen to the podcast.

• Remission of rosacea induced by reduction of gut transit time-

  Rosacea is a chronic disorder characterized by hypersensitivity of the facial vasculature, presenting with intense flushing eventually leading to chronic erythema and telangiectasia. Although the precise aetiology of rosacea is not known, numerous associations with inflammatory gastrointestinal tract disorders have been reported. Furthermore,

• Skin diseases in alcoholics-

  The most common skin manifestations of alcoholism presented in this review article are urticarial reactions, porphyria cutanea tarda, flushing, cutaneous stigmata of cirrhosis, psoriasis, pruritus, seborrheic dermatitis, and rosacea

   

• Body maps and rosacea- Western research meets up with Chinese medical ideas-

  This morning when I came into the clinic, my colleague Dr. Lorne Brown (founder of Acubalance wellness centre) and I got into a conversation regarding some of the differences and similarities between western alliopathic medicine and Chinese medicine. Lorne had just returned from the Pacific coast reproductive societies annual conference in Palm Springs, where he had spoken on the topic of the integration of western and Eastern medicines. Lorne mentioned that "a big difference between the two medicines is that the body map of Chinese medicine is already complete, whereas the western map is still being discovered". I explained that I love it when the western map catches up to the eastern map and the two maps point to the same place. I guess this is how building blocks are formed, allowing for the integration of the two medicines.

• Involvement of immune mechanisms in the pathogenesis of rosacea