Rosacea is a common skin condition that causes redness and swelling on the face. Rosacea often begins as a tendency to flush or blush easily, and progresses to persistent redness in the center of the face that may gradually involve the cheeks, forehead, chin, and nose. It also may involve the ears, chest and back. As the condition progresses further, small blood vessels and tiny pimples begin to appear on and around the reddened area. There are thin red lines called telangiectasia which are said to be characteristic of rosacea. There is itching and prickly burning. Sensitivity to sunlight and warmth are common, making it difficult for some sufferers to venture outdoors.

In more advanced cases of rosacea, a condition called rhinophyma may develop. This is a permanent swelling causing a bulbous, enlarged red nose and puffy cheeks. Thick bumps can develop on the lower half of the nose and nearby cheeks. Rhinophyma occurs less commonly in women, because of the difference in female skin. About half of the people with rosacea have eye involvement. Some rosacea sufferers experience burning and gritty conjunctivitis. If this condition is not kept under control, it can lead to even more serious complications for the eyes.

There are 15 million sufferers from rosacea in the USA and millions in the UK. Rosacea is said to have an unknown cause but is mainly thought of as a vascular disease. Various antibiotic gels and creams are used, and broad spectrum oral antibiotics, none with much success. As a last resort therapy, the British health service has performed over 200 sympathectomies, cutting some of the nerve connections to the face.

The skin of the human face is very thin, only about ten per cent of the thickness of the skin on the back. Facial skin is well supplied with sweat glands and ducts. We know from previous pages on this innatehealth.com website that sweat ducts can become blocked causing the disease of miliaria rubra or prickly heat and including eczema, another type of miliaria. On the thin skin of the face slight variations in the depth of the blockages in the sweat ducts lead to the rosacea sufferer having a mixture of miliaria rubra and eczema.

This description, for the first time in history, gives a full explanation of the aetiology of rosacea. In fact the telangiectasia red lines which are said to be characteristic of rosacea are also seen in miliaria rubra on other parts of the body.

So, like other miliaria class diseases, rosacea can be cleared very effectively with ActivSignal^TM Sodium, a new invention of Warren Ward. This medication signals to the body that there is sufficient sodium in the body environment, the sweat ducts stop over-conserving sodium and salinity rises to allow anti-microbial peptides to unblock the ducts. Once the ducts are unblocked the sweat stops spreading into the facial skin under pressure and the inflammation causing rosacea is stopped. As with other miliaria class diseases, blood glucose needs to be kept down to the normal original habituation level for the individual.

ActivSignal^TM therapeutic products are not absorbed into the body and have no side effects.

The first commercial ActivSignal product is now under development.