Remission of rosacea induced by reduction of gut transit time

I just wrote about this in the previous thread, but thought I would post it again under the research section. It is a great study that helps confirm Chinese theories with western research, ie. that intestinal health is linked to the health of the skin, particularly on the face- yangming channel.

Author(s):
S. N. Kendall

Publisher:
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 29 (3) , 297–299 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01461.x
Date Published:
May 2004
Research:

Rosacea is a chronic disorder characterized by hypersensitivity of the facial vasculature, presenting with intense flushing eventually leading to chronic erythema and telangiectasia. Although the precise aetiology of rosacea is not known, numerous associations with inflammatory gastrointestinal tract disorders have been reported. Furthermore, substance P-immunoreactive neurones occur in considerably greater numbers in tissue surrounding affected blood vessels suggesting involvement of neurogenic inflammation and moreover plasma kallikrein–kinin activation is consistently found in patients. In this report, a patient without digestive tract disease is described, who experienced complete remission of rosacea symptoms following ingestion of a material intended to sweep through the digestive tract and reduce transit time below 30 h. It is possible that intestinal bacteria are capable of plasma kallikrein–kinin activation and that flushing symptoms and the development of other characteristic features of rosacea result from frequent episodes of neurogenic inflammation caused by bradykinin-induced hypersensitization of facial afferent neurones. The possible relevance of this hypothesis to other conditions featuring afferent hypersensitivity, such as fibromyalgia, is considered.