Dermatology

Dermatology is one of the main branches in pediatrics, and one of the major reasons for referral to your general pediatrician.

I hope this chapter will help you in many of these core medical conditions is pediatrics.   

Chapters of pediatric dermatology

Brown recluse spider bites in children and adults

Mongolian blue spots

Freckles and lentigo

A Skin Lesion in Infants –Nevus Flammeus Simplex

Bullous Impetigo – everything you need to know

Paronychia – an infection of the nail bed

Seborrhea in infants and children

Jellyfish stings in children and adults

Bacterial skin infections

Milia – “milk spots” – a common rash in babies

Pediatric hemangioma

A black pigmentation of the nail – Melanonychia

Hair tourniquet in babies

Chickenpox (Varicella)

Baby’s acne

Phytophotodermatitis – a phototoxic skin reaction

Herpes labialis (cold sore or fever blister)

Guttate Psoriasis in Children

Uncombable hair syndrome

The use of sunscreen in children – what for and why?

Recurrent skin infections

Diaper rash or diaper dermatitis?

Cutis marmorata

Everything you need to know about insect bites near the eyes in children – what to do and what not to miss

Herpetic infection after circumcision with direct suction

Angular cheilitis in children

Herpetic skin infection (herpes gladiatorum)

Atopic dermatitis in children

Bites in children (mostly mosquitos some insects and a few bees)

Nevus sebaceous

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Dry skin and rash around the mouth

Café Au Lait Spots

Everything you need to know about moles (beauty marks) in children

How many nipples does a child have?

Everything you need to know about carbuncle skin infections

Baby’s nails

Carotenemia – the orange baby

Everything you need to know about recurrent aphthous stomatitis (canker sores) in children (and adults)

Sunscreen for children – how to pick one and how to apply it

Everything you need to know about sun fungus (pityriasis versicolor) in children and adults

Pyogenic granuloma

Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)

Impetigo