What do red cheeks mean? The doctor explains

What do red cheeks indicate? What do they mean? Could this indicate any disorder? Which specialist is worth visiting? What tests are worth doing? The question is answered by the drug. Katarzyna Darecka.

What do red cheeks testify to?

Hello, I may have a strange question, but I’ve been bothering me for some time. I am 27 years old and have had a problem with red cheeks since last year. It’s quite embarrassing, because even with the slightest change in temperature, my cheeks turn red – not just flushing, but such a serious redness. Red cheeks also appear when I drink something warm or drink alcohol. I know it can be normal at times, but my red cheeks are already getting the attention of my friends.

I don’t know what to do with it. Could someone please explain to me in some simple way what the red cheeks mean? Are red cheeks a symptom of any disorder? I would be grateful even for some advice, which doctor to go to with red cheeks – rather a dermatologist or some other specialist? If I have red cheeks, should I do some tests first? I am asking for help and information what is the cause of my problem and why red cheeks appear in my case at all.

The doctor explains the causes of red cheeks

Often, when typing in the symptoms listed above, it can easily be suggested that you have rosacea, or at least its initial stage. However, in recent years, this disease has been overdiagnosed. For many fair-skinned people, redness of the cheeks that occurs after drinking alcohol, eating spicy food, and temperature changes occur naturally – for example, in Ireland or Australia. You might think that there is an “epidemic” of rosacea in these countries, which is simply the effect of vasodilating mediators released during the activities mentioned above.

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The small vessels in the skin of the cheeks dilate, resulting in light pink or even red discoloration of the skin. Rosacea begins with reddening of the cheeks due to various factors, redness becomes more permanent over time, and other redness skin lesions may also join – so it is worth observing for a long time before visiting a doctor – there is no causal treatment for rosacea, but there are medications that can reduce symptoms if they are bothersome.

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However, if these symptoms are very troublesome or disturbing, or there are other accompanying symptoms, it is worth going to a general practitioner or directly to a dermatologist, and some diseases with reddening of the cheeks may even require the help of a rheumatologist.

For other disease causes that may contribute to the occurrence erythema on the face these are: seborrheic dermatitis (in addition to redness, there is also an excessive secretion of sebum, making the skin look “greasy”), contact dermatitis (after contact with an allergen or an irritant), as a reaction to drugs, atopic dermatitis (usually in infants, affecting the skin face, in adults it most often affects other parts of the body), psoriasis (in addition to redness, you can see flaky parts of the skin), lupus – cutaneous or systemic (erythema on the face is shaped like a butterfly and does not affect the skin around the mouth, and more precisely does not go beyond the nasolabial folds) .

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If one of the above-mentioned conditions is suspected, it is worth referring to a specialist, he will be able to thoroughly examine the skin and collect a precise history of erythema, and order appropriate tests to exclude or confirm a given disease entity.

– Lek. Katarzyna Darecka

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