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Causes

By Mayo Clinic staff

The cause of ocular rosacea, like skin rosacea, is unknown, but it may be due to a combination of hereditary and environmental factors.

A number of factors can aggravate rosacea, so they can aggravate ocular rosacea, as well. Some of these factors include:

  • Consuming hot foods or beverages
  • Eating spicy foods
  • Drinking alcohol
  • Being in extreme cold or heat
  • Being in sunlight
  • Being stressed, angry or embarrassed
  • Exercising strenuously
  • Taking hot baths or being in hot tubs, steam rooms or saunas
  • Taking drugs that dilate blood vessels, including some blood pressure medications
Risk factors Symptoms
References
  1. Rosacea. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Rosacea/default.asp. Accessed May 14, 2012.
  2. Bron A. Ocular rosacea. http://www.uptodate.com/index. Accessed May 14, 2012.
  3. Riordan-Eva P, et al. Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology. 18th ed. New York, N.Y.: The McGraw-Hill Companies; 2011. http://www.accessmedicine.com/content.aspx?aID=55781421. Accessed May 14, 2012.
  4. Webster GF. Rosacea. Medical Clinics of North America. 2009;93:1183.
  5. Paralejo B, et al. Dermatologic and allergic conditions of the eyelid. Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America. 2008;28:137.
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