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

Nevus sebaceous

Cutis marmorata

Pyogenic granuloma

Atopic dermatitis in children

Café Au Lait Spots

Impetigo

Paronychia – an infection of the nail bed

Baby’s nails

Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)

Baby’s acne

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

Pediatric hemangioma

Bullous Impetigo – everything you need to know

Diaper rash or diaper dermatitis?

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

Brown recluse spider bites in children and adults

Hair tourniquet in babies

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Herpetic infection after circumcision with direct suction

Herpes labialis (cold sore or fever blister)

Jellyfish stings in children and adults

Guttate Psoriasis in Children

How many nipples does a child have?

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

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

A black pigmentation of the nail – Melanonychia

Freckles and lentigo

Bacterial skin infections

Seborrhea in infants and children

Angular cheilitis in children

Everything you need to know about carbuncle skin infections

Carotenemia – the orange baby

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

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

Herpetic skin infection (herpes gladiatorum)

Spider angiomas in children

Chickenpox (Varicella)

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

Dry skin and rash around the mouth

Phytophotodermatitis – a phototoxic skin reaction

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

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

Alopecia areata in children

Uncombable hair syndrome

A Skin Lesion in Infants –Nevus Flammeus Simplex

Recurrent skin infections

Mongolian blue spots