| Alternative Names:
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| Blushing; Flushing; Red face |
| Home Care:
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| Eliminate any triggers that you can identify. Try to avoid hot drinks, spicy food, extremes of temperature, and bright sunlight. |
| Call your health care provider if:
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- there is continual and persistent flushing
- other symptoms, such as diarrhea, are present
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| What to expect at your health care provider's office:
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The medical history will be obtained and a physical examination performed.
Medical history questions documenting your skin blushing/flushing in detail may include:
- location
- Do you have facial flushing (blushing)?
- Does it affect the whole body?
- quality
- Are you having hot flushes?
- time pattern
- Do you have flushing attacks?
- How often do you have flushing or blushing?
- Are episodes getting worse?
- Are they getting more frequent?
- aggravating factors
- Is it worse after alcohol intake?
- other
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