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

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

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

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

Herpetic infection after circumcision with direct suction

Seborrhea in infants and children

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

Baby’s acne

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

Pyogenic granuloma

Cutis marmorata

Spider angiomas in children

Phytophotodermatitis – a phototoxic skin reaction

How many nipples does a child have?

Recurrent skin infections

Café Au Lait Spots

Brown recluse spider bites in children and adults

A black pigmentation of the nail – Melanonychia

Herpetic skin infection (herpes gladiatorum)

Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)

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

Uncombable hair syndrome

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Freckles and lentigo

Everything you need to know about carbuncle skin infections

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Alopecia areata in children

Nevus sebaceous

Bacterial skin infections

Herpes labialis (cold sore or fever blister)

Mongolian blue spots

Baby’s nails

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

Pediatric hemangioma

Impetigo

Chickenpox (Varicella)

Dry skin and rash around the mouth

Angular cheilitis in children

A Skin Lesion in Infants –Nevus Flammeus Simplex

Guttate Psoriasis in Children

Hair tourniquet in babies

Paronychia – an infection of the nail bed

Jellyfish stings in children and adults

Bullous Impetigo – everything you need to know

Diaper rash or diaper dermatitis?

Atopic dermatitis in children

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

Carotenemia – the orange baby