First-time parents come to you anxiously and explains that their infant child is having some lesions on the head. What would it be? How can you treat these lesions? This article provides a very brief treatment of commonly occurring lesions in the infants. It is well known that most vesiculopustular lesions in the infants are self-limiting and benign.
However, time and again these may require a timely attention and treatment. The article will give a short synopsis of some commonly occurring skin lesions in infants and their treatment. Types of Benign Lesions: Benign vesiculopustular lesions of the skin include following conditions: Erythema toxicum neonatorum : May develop at birth or appears within 24 to 48 hours. Characterized by multiple erythematous macules and papules (1 to 3 mm in diameter) that rapidly progress to pustules on an erythematous base. Distributed over the trunk and…
