The phymatous form of rosacea (subtype 3) has the most profound negative effect on patients’ social lives, compared with other subtypes, according to a survey by the National Rosacea Society.
More than 82% of those surveyed said that they had experienced erythematotelangiectatic rosacea (subtype 1), compared with 66.5% reporting symptoms of papulopustular (subtype 2), 16.4% reporting phymatous (subtype 3), and 41.6% reporting ocular (subtype 4) rosacea, the society said.
When analyzed by subtype, those patients with subtype 3 were most likely (85%) to have their social lives negatively affected. Those with subtype 2 were the next most likely to be negatively affected (77%), followed by subtype 4 (71%) and subtype 1 (61%), according to the survey data.
However, approximately two-thirds (62%) of the respondents said that medical therapy had at least somewhat reduced the negative impact of rosacea on their social lives.