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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I developed rosacea after a sinus infection that required 3 courses of antibiotics.  It took me about a year to figure out what triggers my face and neck to turn bright red/itchy/bumpy.  I now avoid those triggers with a passion and that controls 80% of my flare ups.  When my face starts to get tingly and hot I do cold compresses and a Benadryl to slow it down.  I only wash my face with Dove Sensitive skin.  I can only use Aveno lotion. I can't use any makeup. The only lip balm I can use is Chapstick, Burts Bees, Carmex and Blixtex tinted with spf. Figuring all of this out was a painful and frustrating process.  I also can no longer drink beer or wine. I can drink hard alcohol once in a while. My dermatologist suggested I take a Pepcid Complete 1 hour before a drink to help the flare up and it usually does help. During the winter I have a humidifier going 24/7 in our house to help as well.[/quote]

You probably also have SIBO.

See a GI doctor. Consider Rifaximin. You need to kill the bacteria that has gotten into your small intestine, most likely. [/quote]

The SIBO idea is interesting, but I don't have the symptoms listed in the above post. Hmm..I'll ask my doctor, though.  The timing after my surgery and antibiotics and ER visit are all too weird.[/quote]

Do you mean you don’t have symptoms in the DCUM post or in the article?

Please Google it and be sure you are reading the full list of symptoms.

It’s tricky because the overgrowth can do lots of different things to different people.

For some, they get GERD or IBS. Others get rosacea or brain fog.

A GI doctor is your best bet. SIBO entered the medical literature in 2007 but it is surprising how many doctors don’t know much about it. My primary knows very little so I saw a GI.

My skin cleared up right away after years of misery. [/quote]

Could you recommend your GI?[/quote]

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