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

Cutis marmorata

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

How many nipples does a child have?

Paronychia – an infection of the nail bed

Baby’s nails

Guttate Psoriasis in Children

Alopecia areata in children

Jellyfish stings in children and adults

Recurrent skin infections

Brown recluse spider bites in children and adults

Spider angiomas in children

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

Baby’s acne

A Skin Lesion in Infants –Nevus Flammeus Simplex

Phytophotodermatitis – a phototoxic skin reaction

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

Carotenemia – the orange baby

Nevus sebaceous

Hair tourniquet in babies

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

Diaper rash or diaper dermatitis?

Bullous Impetigo – everything you need to know

Uncombable hair syndrome

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Dry skin and rash around the mouth

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

Atopic dermatitis in children

Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Everything you need to know about carbuncle skin infections

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

Herpetic skin infection (herpes gladiatorum)

Seborrhea in infants and children

Pediatric hemangioma

Herpetic infection after circumcision with direct suction

Bacterial skin infections

Café Au Lait Spots

Pyogenic granuloma

Angular cheilitis in children

Herpes labialis (cold sore or fever blister)

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

A black pigmentation of the nail – Melanonychia

Mongolian blue spots

Chickenpox (Varicella)

Freckles and lentigo

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

Impetigo