The skin of a newborn baby is undergoing many changes, adjusting to the realities of the outside world, which is why it may appear on the various elements that scare parents. People say: Leather "blooms." Among these states is as quite harmless, that pass on their own, but there are those that require timely treatment, so parents need to know their basic manifestations.

Marbling of the skin - the emergence of symmetrical spots on the skin of the trunk and limbs of the child, which is usually caused by a reaction vessel in the cold. If you put a child in a room with a higher temperature, warm - stains disappear. This state can be observed from several weeks to several months, and in some cases even longer. Treatment is carried out is not necessary.

Short-term skin discoloration appears suddenly when the child lies on its side - redness on one side and the other blanching. It lasts less than an hour, but more about thirty seconds. Due to the immaturity of the hypothalamus, which controls the dilation of blood vessels. Are themselves at higher muscle activity or crying. It is found on the second - the fifth day of life and lasts about three weeks.

Types of scars

• Toxic erythema newborns manifests the appearance of pustular eruptions and can be detected at birth, but most of its notice on the second - the third day of life. At first it looks like erythematous papules and patches up to three millimeters in diameter, and then they turn into vesicles surrounded by hyperemia spot. Most often affects the face, limbs and trunk. Condition develops in the first week of life and persists for several weeks. Treatment is needed. However, it should be distinguished from infectious erythema, so be sure to consult your pediatrician.
• Pustular melanosis transient rash looks like vezikulopustuleznaya Rash: Classification - primary and secondary elements , Similar to the toxic erythema but no giperemirovanogo rim. The elements are easily damaged, turning into flakes and pigment spots. The treatment is not required, spots disappear spontaneously within a few weeks.
• Acne newborns appear at twenty percent of them appear comedones Comedones   forehead, nose and cheeks. Sometimes there are open comedones, inflammatory pustules. Acne is caused by stimulation of the newborn baby androgens the sebaceous glands of the mother. Treatment is not required. They pass on their own within a few months. If the acne does not disappear, you can brush them with a special cream Benzene peroxide, after the preliminary skin test to the elbow baby. If this did not have any therapeutic effect - the child should be sent for consultation to the endocrinologist.
• Sebaceous Cysts - yellow or white papules to two millimeters in diameter, which are formed in connection with the delay of content of the sebaceous glands in the skin. Develops half of newborns, usually affects the face - cheeks, nose, forehead and chin, can rarely be a different localization. The treatment does not require passes to month, sometimes three.
• Sudamen appears in connection with the delay of perspiration as sweat glands still closed. This is due to the immaturity of the baby's skin. Sometimes the distinction is made between white and red prickly heat Sudamen   - The color developing rash. White called closing outlet ducts, thereby forming vesicles to two millimeters in diameter, they eventually burst, replaced crusts.
• Red rash - Climate hyperhidrosis, due to plugging of the sweat glands in the deeper layer of the skin and looks like a reddish nodules. Treatment is to provide optimal temperature conditions for the newborn.
• Seborrheic dermatitis appears in bold desquamation and erythema, usually affects the scalp, but may be in other places. Reasons for seborrheic dermatitis has not been established. Its treatment is carried out only in severe cases, but it usually resolves on its own within the first year of life. Parents are encouraged to be lubricated with sunflower oil flakes and clean with a soft brush after bathing.

Svetlana Shimkovich

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