Flushing cheeks

Introduction Cheek flushing is a common symptom in life and can also be seen in certain pathological conditions. Many people experience facial flushing. If this phenomenon occurs too frequently, it indicates that there is a problem with health. There are many reasons for facial flushing, one of which is facial redness. Facial red blood is a skin disease caused by telangiectasia of the face. Facial telangiectasia can give the face a "red face" appearance. People with facial flushing are susceptible to climate and mood, and flushing is more pronounced after exercise and when they are emotional.

Cause

One is the local long-term use of corticosteroids, causing telangiectasia, resulting in thinning and atrophy of the skin;

Second, living in an alpine region or suffering from frostbite, resulting in blocked blood circulation, stagnant blood vessel wall makes the face appear a red blood;

The third is after cosmetic skin rejuvenation, because the skin care products mainly contain benzoic acid, and the benzoic acid is used to repeatedly stimulate the thin and delicate facial parts, so that the unprotected dermis layer is exposed to the outside and is exposed to strong ultraviolet rays;

Fourth, sensitive skin is generally thin in the stratum corneum. They are sensitive to the outside sun, drugs, cosmetics, temperature (cold and hot), etc., resulting in a small blood vessel when it is tight, showing repeated congestion, causing the blood vessels to expand and form red. Bloodshot.

Frequent winter in and out of a room with large temperature differences will cause the telangiectasia of the face to expand, increasing the severity of facial flushing. Many people living in the plateau and cold areas will have facial flushing, which is the most powerful evidence of the temperature effect on the face.

an examination

Related inspection

Face expression, maxillofacial examination, toxin skin test

In general, heat causes the skin's blood vessels to dilate, causing flushing of the face. Although cold causes the blood vessels to contract, when the temperature rises, the blood vessels will rebound and cause blushing. However, there are still some people who may be blushing due to abnormal expansion of blood vessels at extremely cold temperatures. The clinical manifestations are filamentous, spotted, star-shaped or flaky in the face.

Blushing means that the temperature or mood changes more easily than others, and the color is dark and lasts for a long time. There are blood vessels in the skin, which are affected by nerve factors and expand or contract, especially the capillaries are rich in capillaries, so the cheeks are more red. If the redness occurs only during the winter, it has more to do with the change in temperature.

Differential diagnosis

Flushing the cheeks does not necessarily mean that the body is not normal. If a woman has a menstrual period, or after a sport, or if she enters a warm place from a cold place, her cheeks become red and abnormally hot. This is also a normal phenomenon and needs to be checked to distinguish it from disease factors. The occurrence of cheek flushing may take into account the body's thermoregulatory dysfunction leading to diseases such as high fever; facial skin diseases such as inflammation; and may also be seen in patients with hyperthyroidism and the like.

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