Showing posts with label mites. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Rosacea - What Causes It? News story overplays suggested connection to skin mites

Just got done reading this: Could Bacteria in Skin Mites Help Cause Rosacea? - US News and World Report.  The article leads off with a bold statement that caught my eye
"Bacteria carried by tiny mites on the skin might be responsible for the common dermatological condition known as rosacea, researchers say."
This caught my attention because I have been reading up on skin microbes recently and though many have suggested connections between microbes and rosacea as far as I know nobody has shown any causal relationship.  And causation vs. correlation has been on my mind a lot recently.


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