Facial Flushing Associated with Anxiety and Improved by Venlafaxine: A Case Report

Facial flushing affects the work and life of patients. The specific pathogenesis and conditions of facial flushing may be complicated. A 47-year-old perimenopausal woman was presented to the Pain Management with a 4-month history of facial flushing. The patient didn’t have any history of special ill...

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Autores principales: Qiu, Yong, Liu, Qian, Tang, Guoqiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9511891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36172246
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S385267
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description Facial flushing affects the work and life of patients. The specific pathogenesis and conditions of facial flushing may be complicated. A 47-year-old perimenopausal woman was presented to the Pain Management with a 4-month history of facial flushing. The patient didn’t have any history of special illness or history of allergies. Treatments with methylprednisolone, thalidomide, hydroxychloroquine drugs or sympathetic blockages (stellate ganglion block) were unable to effectively improve the symptoms. We believed that the facial flushing might be associated with the anxiety. After two weeks of venlafaxine medication, the symptoms were 90% relieved. We found that venlafaxine effectively improved flushing that may be related to anxiety.
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spelling pubmed-95118912022-09-27 Facial Flushing Associated with Anxiety and Improved by Venlafaxine: A Case Report Qiu, Yong Liu, Qian Tang, Guoqiang Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol Case Report Facial flushing affects the work and life of patients. The specific pathogenesis and conditions of facial flushing may be complicated. A 47-year-old perimenopausal woman was presented to the Pain Management with a 4-month history of facial flushing. The patient didn’t have any history of special illness or history of allergies. Treatments with methylprednisolone, thalidomide, hydroxychloroquine drugs or sympathetic blockages (stellate ganglion block) were unable to effectively improve the symptoms. We believed that the facial flushing might be associated with the anxiety. After two weeks of venlafaxine medication, the symptoms were 90% relieved. We found that venlafaxine effectively improved flushing that may be related to anxiety. Dove 2022-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9511891/ /pubmed/36172246 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S385267 Text en © 2022 Qiu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Facial Flushing Associated with Anxiety and Improved by Venlafaxine: A Case Report
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title_full Facial Flushing Associated with Anxiety and Improved by Venlafaxine: A Case Report
title_fullStr Facial Flushing Associated with Anxiety and Improved by Venlafaxine: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Facial Flushing Associated with Anxiety and Improved by Venlafaxine: A Case Report
title_short Facial Flushing Associated with Anxiety and Improved by Venlafaxine: A Case Report
title_sort facial flushing associated with anxiety and improved by venlafaxine: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9511891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36172246
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S385267
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