Patterns of infant dermatoses An observational study

Baby care is most crucial for parents and often parents complain or raise concerns for skin rashes in their child. Several dermatoses are known to affect the young pediatric population. Most commonly affected ones are atopic dermatitis, cradle cap, diaper dermatitis to name a few.

This study that I am talking about included 270 infants, having 162 males and 108 female infants, with 53 being neonates, having dermatoses, those who attended the outpatient clinic of tertiary referral center of Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

During this study, the clinicians used a preset proforma, and collected information on patient profile, evolution of dermatosis, and clinical features. The results indicated that among the neonates, the common dermatoses observed were napkin dermatitis (14/53, 26.4%), transient neonatal pustular melanosis (6/53, 11.3%), and congenital melanocytic nevus (6/53, 11.3%).

While the common dermatoses observed among infants above 28 days were fungal infections (32/217, 14.7%), atopic dermatitis (23/217, 10.6%), miliaria (22/217, 10.1%) and infantile seborrheic dermatitis (21/217, 9.7%).