Why is the tip of my nose red? Reasons for a red nose

If you have a red nose tip, you should be alert to the possibility of rosacea. Over time, your nose will become pointed and the nose wings will become enlarged. If you have such a phenomenon, you can take some medication. You should also be careful not to eat spicy and irritating foods and maintain a good mood.

1. Introduction

"Red nose" or "rosacea," also known as rosacea

The main symptoms are redness of the front of the nose, enlargement of the nose tip and nose wings over time, and some may occur around the cheeks, chin, mouth, and even the forehead. It usually occurs in middle age, affecting more women than men, but more severely in men than in women, and has a greater impact on appearance.

The cause of rosacea is not yet fully understood. It may be due to the effects of various internal and external harmful factors, such as gastrointestinal dysfunction, endocrine disorders, irregular menstruation, mental factors, trichophyton infestation, lesion infection, high temperature and cold stimulation, drinking and eating spicy and irritating foods, etc., which cause facial vasomotor nerve disorders and long-term capillary dilation.

2. Treatment Methods

1. Taking oral medications: such as metronidazole, tetracycline, etc. Generally, such oral medications have serious side effects. Most people will give up treatment after a period of time.

2. Electrolysis treatment: suitable for small areas of capillary dilation, and cryosurgery is suitable for the proliferative stage; both are likely to leave scars. It is generally not used by female patients and is also used with caution in hospitals.

3. Surgical treatment of rosacea: laser cutting, which has greater risks. It is only suitable for rosacea in the hypertrophic stage, and the success rate is unknown.

4. Rosacea resection is a surgical treatment for rosacea. In patients with mid-to-late stage rosacea, the capillaries in the nose are significantly dilated, the sebaceous glands and connective tissue proliferate, the skin of the nose becomes flushed and hypertrophic, and there are raised nodules of varying sizes on the surface, which are called rhinophyma. It is difficult to achieve the purpose of treatment by drugs alone, and surgery must be used to restore the shape of the nose.

Precautions

Eat less spicy food, be cheerful and not excited, avoid excessive heat or cold, and especially avoid squeezing your nose with your hands;

Avoid spicy food, alcohol and other hot stimulants.

Keep bowel movements regular. The lungs and large intestine are the exterior and interior of each other. If you have constipation, the lung fire will become more intense.

It is not suitable to live or work for a long time in summer, high temperature, or humid environment.