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

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

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

Herpetic skin infection (herpes gladiatorum)

Pyogenic granuloma

Phytophotodermatitis – a phototoxic skin reaction

Jellyfish stings in children and adults

Angular cheilitis in children

Mongolian blue spots

Uncombable hair syndrome

Dry skin and rash around the mouth

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)

How many nipples does a child have?

Herpes labialis (cold sore or fever blister)

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

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

Diaper rash or diaper dermatitis?

Herpetic infection after circumcision with direct suction

Carotenemia – the orange baby

A black pigmentation of the nail – Melanonychia

Seborrhea in infants and children

Freckles and lentigo

Café Au Lait Spots

Recurrent skin infections

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

Brown recluse spider bites in children and adults

Atopic dermatitis in children

Impetigo

Bacterial skin infections

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

Baby’s acne

Hair tourniquet in babies

Chickenpox (Varicella)

Nevus sebaceous

Guttate Psoriasis in Children

Pediatric hemangioma

Cutis marmorata

Baby’s nails

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

A Skin Lesion in Infants –Nevus Flammeus Simplex