Childhood Skin Problems...
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About Molluscum Contagiosum
Parents often begin to worry when their children are diagnosed with Molluscum contagiosum, which is caused by a virus and often looks like a series of small warts. A...
All About Fifth's Disease
Fifth’s Disease is a common childhood illness that affects primarily children between the ages of five and 15. In healthy children it is nothing to be worried about,...
Avoiding Chicken Pox Scars
Chicken pox just wouldn’t be chicken pox without a week to ten days of acute itching, followed by the appearance of a few small scars that eventually fade away to...
Dealing With Lice
If you think the thought of head lice sounds disgusting, you’re not alone. Lice (the singular is louse) are tiny insects about 2.5 millimetres long which lay eggs...
Dealing With Milia
If you have tiny white spots on your face, especially around the eye area, don’t despair. These are simply milia, little cysts that may appear unsightly but are...
Diagnosing and Treating Ringworm
It may sound disgusting, but ringworm actually has nothing to do with worms. Ringworm is a general term for various fungal infections that usually affect the skin,...
Identifying and Treating Contact Dermatitis
Ever noticed that when you wear nickel-plated rings the space in between your fingers becomes all red and cracked? Or that every time you wash up...
Treating Roseola Infantum
New parents sometimes panic when their small children become ill and spike a high fever. But roseola infantum, which starts with a soaring temperature, usually is...
What is Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Although this illness sounds like something more likely to affect pigs and cattle than humans, hand foot and mouth disease is actually a common childhood infection...
