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

Herpes labialis (cold sore or fever blister)

Chickenpox (Varicella)

Everything you need to know about carbuncle skin infections

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

Baby’s nails

Alopecia areata in children

Bacterial skin infections

Mongolian blue spots

Pyogenic granuloma

Diaper rash or diaper dermatitis?

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

Phytophotodermatitis – a phototoxic skin reaction

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

A black pigmentation of the nail – Melanonychia

Guttate Psoriasis in Children

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Pediatric hemangioma

Carotenemia – the orange baby

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Seborrhea in infants and children

Herpetic infection after circumcision with direct suction

Herpetic skin infection (herpes gladiatorum)

Jellyfish stings in children and adults

Baby’s acne

A Skin Lesion in Infants –Nevus Flammeus Simplex

Café Au Lait Spots

Angular cheilitis in children

Spider angiomas in children

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

Recurrent skin infections

Atopic dermatitis in children

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

Dry skin and rash around the mouth

Nevus sebaceous

Bullous Impetigo – everything you need to know

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

Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)

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

Impetigo

Freckles and lentigo

Hair tourniquet in babies

Uncombable hair syndrome

Brown recluse spider bites in children and adults

How many nipples does a child have?

Paronychia – an infection of the nail bed

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

Cutis marmorata