Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Dr. Nase Defines A Trigger

A trigger can cause a non-inflammatory flush (not accompanied by vessel leakage and inflammatory substances). These triggers you dont have to worry about the "pay for it the next day syndrome"

A trigger that causes an inflammatory flush -- these do make you pay for it the next day. Your doctor may suggest treatment right away with an antihistamine, a baby aspirin, a quick acting lipophiilic antibiotic, cleansing with a sodium sulfacetameide/sulfur cleanser, or applying noritate at night -- all of these before you actually see the bumps.

As with anything in medicine, it is much easier to prevent the inflammatory response and reduce the papular response then it is to reverse the inflammation once it is in full gear.