Hi



Does anyone have any advice to offer regarding flushing.  I flush

every day (in the afternoon), and when I'm involved in something

which makes me anxious - its the bain of my life!



Has anyone found anything that reduces their flushing? (other than

prescribed drugs or surgery).  I'd be really grateful to hear, as I'm

sure many others would.



Simon

Simon,



If you flush every afternoon, you might want to

consider that you may be allergic to something you're

eating/contacting...



I was an afternoon flusher (rarely in the morning

hours) and I was finally able to link it to a food

allergy, to something I commonly ate, in my lunch

(that's why I'd flush in the afternoon...).



Unfortunately, allergies can develop at any point in

our lives, and to things that have never (apparently)

bothered us before...



Suzi



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I am an afternoon flusher as well.  I still flush and heat up even

when I have a meal that is gluten free and trigger free.  I actually

discovered just this week that I took a digestive enzyme after lunch

every day and did not get the heat and flushing.  So, you might want

to try it.  There are numerous digestive enzymes that you can

purchase at your local health food store.  Make sure you choose one

that has only a couple of ingredients. As with anything, read the

label.





I hope this helps you.



Beth













--- In rosacea-support@y..., sussexsi@a... wrote:

> Hi

>

> Does anyone have any advice to offer regarding flushing.  I flush

> every day (in the afternoon), and when I'm involved in something

> which makes me anxious - its the bain of my life!

>

> Has anyone found anything that reduces their flushing? (other than

> prescribed drugs or surgery).  I'd be really grateful to hear, as

I'm

> sure many others would.

>

> Simon

> Has anyone found anything that reduces their flushing? (other than

> prescribed drugs or surgery).  I'd be really grateful to hear, as I'm

> sure many others would.



Hi Simon ---



I no longer flush at all --- I went from a frequent flusher to a

non-flusher by identifying and eliminating all my food triggers, by

using common sense (and a wide-brimmed straw hat) when going out in the

strong summer sun, and by immediately discontinuing the use of any skin

care product that seemed to irritate my face.  I still have small

breakouts of pustules, and my nose is redder than I want it to be, but

my flushing is history (at least for now).

	 I also discovered a neat trick for short-circuiting an anxiety flush.

I would only occasionally flush from anxiety --- nearly all my flushing

episodes were triggered by something I'd consumed --- but on a *very*

hot evening in June, as I was sitting and waiting for my turn to sing in

my recital (desperately hoping I wouldn't flub the timing on that tricky

measure near the end), I started to feel my face tingling and growing

hotter, and I was appalled to think that I was going to have to face the

audience with a beet-red, hot, flushing face.  I started to do some deep

abdominal breathing to just try to control my anxiety, and I literally

felt the blood starting to drain away from my face after the first few

breaths.  I was fine after 2-3 minutes of very controlled, *very* deep

breathing.  You should feel like you're slowly inhaling way down to the

absolute bottom of your abdomen, and you should relax your diaphragm

downward as you inhale --- your belly will expand outwards.  Then it

really helps to blow-breathe as you exhale:  purse your lips as if you

were whistling, and slowly push out the air in a thin stream.  And don't

squeeze your belly muscles in when you exhale --- this will make you

tense up again.

	 I hope this technique can help others --- it certainly works for me.



Pat

Thanks Jen, for speaking out for those of us who are horribly disabled by

vascular flushing.

This is not cute embarrassed blushing, but near purple, swollen, eye-slit

redness that throbs and burns so badly that your face feels like it's in a blast

furnace that's pulsating the skin off. Like worms are under the skin and

crawling between the layers making it fiery sore and too tight to fit. Like your

head is so hot your hair burns your fingers when you touch it.

It's almost always there and gets worse from almost everything... eating or

laying down or being in a room over 60 degrees or going into a bright room or

sitting at a computer or riding in a car without air conditioning blowing on

your face and a veil over your head to protect your face from light.

That's what's so bad about flushing. Be grateful if you don't have it this

badly, and do everything you can to prevent it because it's pure hell.





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In a message dated 10/17/2002 9:46:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com writes:



<< My best hunch is that perhaps people who flush a lot have more

  nerve involvement - the threshold of sensitivity has probably been lowered

>>



THat's what I thought  and why I thought maybe botox would help that type of

rosacea.

Does anyone else find that sexual relations cause flushing?  When

things get hot and heavy my face really reddens.. just wondering..

funny you should bring that up ...i havent had a boyfriend since ive

gotten rosacea and refuse to let my parents kiss me on the cheek

because i assume that itll bring on a flush...i guess im the one

missing out but ohwell...



i mean, even kissing, let alone "sexual relations" seems like it

would easily bring on a flush.  anyone with a significant other care

to comment?  ;)





--- In rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com, "michelle

<michellemariereid@h...>" <michellemariereid@h...> wrote:

> Does anyone else find that sexual relations cause flushing?  When

> things get hot and heavy my face really reddens.. just wondering..

... so do we give that up, too?????????????  :0









>funny you should bring that up ...i havent had a boyfriend since ive

>gotten rosacea and refuse to let my parents kiss me on the cheek

>because i assume that itll bring on a flush...i guess im the one

>missing out but ohwell...

>

>i mean, even kissing, let alone "sexual relations" seems like it

>would easily bring on a flush.  anyone with a significant other care

>to comment?  ;)

>

>

>--- In rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com, "michelle

><michellemariereid@h...>" <michellemariereid@h...> wrote:

>>  Does anyone else find that sexual relations cause flushing?  When

>  > things get hot and heavy my face really reddens.. just wondering..

>



--

        Does anything help with flushing besides primrose oil?



                     Susan

Hi Group,

   I am a newbie and have a question about flushing.  Does everyone know why they

started flushing in the first place?  My derm mentioned that my anti-depressant

which I had been taking for 12 years caused me to flush.  I know it makes the

flushing worse so I am weaning from it.  I also know over the years I have had

several flushing episodes but it didn't stay permanently until 4 months ago.  I

had the trauma of going through 3 deaths and then had to go on a strong

antibiotic for an infection.  That's when the flushing came and stayed.  Does

the flushing from rosacea always stem from another serious illness?  I am

confused and wondered if you guys could help me!



   Thanks,

   Jyl









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Jyl

i don't know why they started....i know they happen for me under stress,

sometimes after or during exercise...and when the room is too hot from a

heater .emily





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To: rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:46:12 -0700 (PDT)

Subject: [rosacea] flushing



> Hi Group,

>   I am a newbie and have a question about flushing.  Does everyone

> know why they started flushing in the first place?  My derm

> mentioned that my anti-depressant which I had been taking for 12

> years caused me to flush.  I know it makes the flushing worse so I

> am weaning from it.  I also know over the years I have had several

> flushing episodes but it didn't stay permanently until 4 months ago.

>  I had the trauma of going through 3 deaths and then had to go on a

> strong antibiotic for an infection.  That's when the flushing came

> and stayed.  Does the flushing from rosacea always stem from another

> serious illness?  I am confused and wondered if you guys could help me!

>

>   Thanks,

>   Jyl

>

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Hi Emily,



   Thanks for your reply.  How long have you had this?  I flush for the exact

same reasons you do although they have gotten less since I am weaning from my

meds.  Does redness become permanent for everyone?  I don't know much about this

and all the websites say different things.  My derm said my blood vessels were

weakened from all the years I spent in the sun.  Living in San Diego is great

but we have sun almost all year round.  Does there ever come a time when

flushing can go away?



   Thanks,

   Jyl



emily kemx <kemx@...> wrote:

   Jyl

i don't know why they started....i know they happen for me under stress,

sometimes after or during exercise...and when the room is too hot from a

heater .emily





---------- Original Message -----------

From: Jyl Martins

To: rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:46:12 -0700 (PDT)

Subject: [rosacea] flushing



> Hi Group,

> I am a newbie and have a question about flushing. Does everyone

> know why they started flushing in the first place? My derm

> mentioned that my anti-depressant which I had been taking for 12

> years caused me to flush. I know it makes the flushing worse so I

> am weaning from it. I also know over the years I have had several

> flushing episodes but it didn't stay permanently until 4 months ago.

> I had the trauma of going through 3 deaths and then had to go on a

> strong antibiotic for an infection. That's when the flushing came

> and stayed. Does the flushing from rosacea always stem from another

> serious illness? I am confused and wondered if you guys could help me!

>

> Thanks,

> Jyl

>

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>

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>

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Hi--I just got back from seeing a new internist who has confirmed my Rosacea but

is ruling out other diseases which may have caused the flushing to begin with. 

One of them is carcinoid syndrome.  Has anyone else heard of this or had to take

the tests to eliminate it as a reason for flushing?  I am nervous about this and

wondered if it is standard to do this.



   Thanks,

   Jyl





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Hi Everyone,



   Another question I have is whether most of you flush right away after eating a

certain food.  If I work out too hard then I can see my face turning red, but I

haven't really noticed it with foods.  That is why I was thinking maybe it is

delayed with a food trigger.  Can you help me with this?



   Thanks,

   Jyl





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I don't usually flush right away when eating a certain food but sometimes if I'm

eating something hot in temperature it will happen more quickly. When I get

flushing, it seems to affect my nose in particular and my cheeks to some degree.

It seems to last about two hours before looking more normal again.







--- In rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com, Jyl Martins <jyllovesbrandi@...> wrote:

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

>   Another question I have is whether most of you flush right away after eating

a certain food.  If I work out too hard then I can see my face turning red, but

I haven't really noticed it with foods.  That is why I was thinking maybe it is

delayed with a food trigger.  Can you help me with this?

>

>   Thanks,

>   Jyl

>

>

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Tell me if anyone has this happen. It seems when I get flushing on my face, it's

primarily my nose and my cheeks somewhat. Sometimes it will happen after eating

hot food (as in temperature hot, I've been completely avoiding spicy foods). It

seems like the flushing lasts for about 2 hours, and then seems to clear. Is

this typical with rosacea? I thought it was supposed to be a constant thing.

My facial flushing is similiar to yours in that in will last at least 2 hrs..

Its usually late afternoon or early evening that it happens.  Hot food

temperature hot is usuall what does it to me as well as walking into a warm

room from outside.  I can sometimes reduce the flush by taking my bp med

Clonidine

or laying down with a cold cloth over my face.  The laying down is the key.



Diane









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From: David <gabrielfan72@...>

To: rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 7:06:04 PM

Subject: [rosacea] flushing











Tell me if anyone has this happen. It seems when I get flushing on my face, it's

primarily my nose and my cheeks somewhat. Sometimes it will happen after eating

hot food (as in temperature hot, I've been completely avoiding spicy foods). It

seems like the flushing lasts for about 2 hours, and then seems to clear. Is

this typical with rosacea? I thought it was supposed to be a constant thing.















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Hi David,



Some rosaceans do have constant redness, but temporary flushing in response to

triggers is perhaps more common, and a couple of hours of flushing and then

clearing is often reported.



Heat is a common trigger for many, irrespective of the source, for example

heated rooms, hot showers or baths, very bright sunshine, and yes, piping hot

food or drinks.



Kind regards,



Aurelia