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

Diaper rash or diaper dermatitis?

Cutis marmorata

Chickenpox (Varicella)

Nevus sebaceous

Hair tourniquet in babies

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

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Herpetic infection after circumcision with direct suction

Guttate Psoriasis in Children

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

Pyogenic granuloma

Spider angiomas in children

Baby’s nails

Brown recluse spider bites in children and adults

Jellyfish stings in children and adults

Café Au Lait Spots

Mongolian blue spots

Atopic dermatitis in children

How many nipples does a child have?

Phytophotodermatitis – a phototoxic skin reaction

Everything you need to know about carbuncle skin infections

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

Bullous Impetigo – everything you need to know

Angular cheilitis in children

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

Paronychia – an infection of the nail bed

Baby’s acne

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

Recurrent skin infections

Impetigo

Pediatric hemangioma

Dry skin and rash around the mouth

Bacterial skin infections

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

Uncombable hair syndrome

Herpes labialis (cold sore or fever blister)

Herpetic skin infection (herpes gladiatorum)

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

Freckles and lentigo

Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)

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

A Skin Lesion in Infants –Nevus Flammeus Simplex

A black pigmentation of the nail – Melanonychia

Seborrhea in infants and children

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Alopecia areata in children

Carotenemia – the orange baby