THE HSE has urged the public to learn about a long-term skin condition that alcohol, spicy foods and cheese can trigger. Rosacea is a skin condition that mainly affects the face and is more common in women and those with lighter skins - but health chiefs warned that symptoms can be worse in men. The first signs of rosacea include redness - blushing - across the nose, cheeks, forehead and chin that comes and goes.
The HSE said: "Rosacea is a long-term skin condition that mainly affects the face. It's more common in women and people with lighter skin, but symptoms can be worse in men. "Treatment can help control the symptoms.
" As well as a burning or stinging feeling that comes when using water or skincare products. The redness can be more difficult to see on darker skin tones. As the condition worsens, the affected parts of the face will always be red.
Broken blood vessels may also appear on the skin, as well as small pink or red bumps that can become filled with a yellowish liquid. Other symptoms include dry skin, swelling around the eyes, yellow and orange patches on the skin, sore eyelids or crusts that the eyelashes - which could be blepharitis and thickened skin which mainly appears on the nose after many years. It's currently unknown what exactly causes rosacea, but the HSE warned that some triggers can make symptoms worse.
These include alcohol, spicy food, cheese , caffeine, hot drinks, and aerobic exercise like running. The health experts said that rosacea can look a .