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

Mongolian blue spots

A Skin Lesion in Infants –Nevus Flammeus Simplex

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

Baby’s acne

Carotenemia – the orange baby

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Recurrent skin infections

Atopic dermatitis in children

Uncombable hair syndrome

Bacterial skin infections

Cutis marmorata

Chickenpox (Varicella)

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

Angular cheilitis in children

Herpes labialis (cold sore or fever blister)

How many nipples does a child have?

Dry skin and rash around the mouth

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

Phytophotodermatitis – a phototoxic skin reaction

Guttate Psoriasis in Children

Impetigo

Brown recluse spider bites in children and adults

Pediatric hemangioma

Seborrhea in infants and children

A black pigmentation of the nail – Melanonychia

Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)

Baby’s nails

Café Au Lait Spots

Freckles and lentigo

The use of sunscreen in children – what, how and why?

Jellyfish stings in children and adults

Nevus sebaceous

Herpetic infection after circumcision with direct suction

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

Diaper rash or diaper dermatitis?

Herpetic skin infection (herpes gladiatorum)

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

Hair tourniquet in babies