Red Bumps on bridge of nose on both sides

Hi,

I am having a difficult time with my skin/nails lately.

First off, I developed pyogenic granuloma on my fingernail (thumb) so I was in the derm's office yesterday having the minor surgery. I went to my general GP on Wednesday who cultured the wound and it came back as moderate staph aureus, not mrsa. The weird part to that is when the derm did the surgery yesterday she told me she didn't find any signs of infection, no pus, nothing.

Anyway, last night I developed reddish lesions on the bridge of my nose on both sides. I have no idea what this could be.

Could the staph have spread up there?  The other thing to add is I have rosacea but mostly blushing and small little dots. I do believe I have developed ocular rosecea however because my eyes are red and burn quite a bit. Is it a coincidence that my eyes are red now and I have some reddish lesions on both sides of the bridge of my nose?

I am totally confused as to what this could be.

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
These red bumps on both sides of the nose seem unrelated to the rosacea and ocular rosacea and can be transfer of infection from the pyogenic granuloma  as well. This can cause infected hair follicles or even starting of boils.

However your eye symptoms can be due to dry eyes due to ocular rosacea and for this you need to get an evaluation done from a dermatologist.

It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.