Chudek Ewelina, Urtnowska-Joppek Katarzyna. Rosacea as a disease of modern times - epidemiology, recognition. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(9):1139-1150. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1421785 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6033 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/878202 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 22.08.2018. Revised: 28.08.2018. Accepted: 17.09.2018. Rosacea as a disease of modern times - epidemiology, recognition Ewelina Chudek MsC, Katarzyna Urtnowska-Joppek MsC1 1 Collegium Medicum (CM) in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU); Obstetrics Department, Reproductive Medicine and Andrology Section Key words: rosacea, skin, teleangiectasia Summary: The purpose of this work is to present the clinical picture and epidemiology of the disease which is rosacea. Factors causing the disease, dermatological criteria for its diagnosis as well as the development stages of the disease are also taken into account. Rosacea is a chronic and very difficult disease to treat as well as in the care therapy. Patients suffering from this condition must follow a restrictive diet and change their habits, as well as give up addictions. An important aspect of the treatment and care of the skin covered by rosacea is self-discipline and adherence to dermatological recommendations and cosmetology. Physiotherapeutic and cosmetological treatments that can warm up a given disease area - mainly massages and hot wraps - are strictly forbidden.