Transient skin lesions in the baby, which ones should not worry
That a child is well is a desire, and an obligation, of all parents. For this reason whenever there is a signal, the alerts will be awakened. A slight cough, a face a little sadder than usual, the presence of snot, etc. Health concerns are common among parents, especially when their children are babies who can not communicate with adults and can not give More data about what happens to them.
But you do not always have to worry. Knowing a little more about the situations that the little ones in the house go through will help to identify the normal cases. An example is transient benign skin lesions that end up going as they have come: without warning. In addition, experts such as the FAROS Foundation, of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, recommend to the parents not to turn on the alarms and to calm down.
What are these injuries?
The specialists in dermatology of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu invite you to know the skin lesions benign that should not worry parents. To do this, they offer a compendium of the most common and that do not require treatment, although they do recommend that it be a doctor who determines the situation of these cases:
- Lilium cysts. These lesions appear in the form of small white, yellowish or pearly cysts that appear on the face of newborns, in space on cheeks, forehead and nose. Its origin is related to a retention of keratin and sebum.
This injury does not require treatment and usually disappear spontaneously in the first weeks or months of the baby. Sometimes they can appear in the mucosa of the mouth, in which case they are called Ebstein pearls.
- Neonatal acne and toxic erythema of the newborn. Neonatal acne is represented in the form of granites with an inflammatory aspect that redden the baby's skin. Like milium cysts, it affects mostly the face, cheeks and chin. It also does not need treatment and usually disappears in the first weeks of life, and unlike the acne of adolescence, it leaves no scars.
For its part, the toxic erythema in the newborn is a rash that does not only appear on the face, but throughout the body, and typically evolves into outbreaks. It is represented in small reddish granites with a white center that are erased with the passing of days, although in this case they reappear. Do not confuse your name with a toxic reaction to any substance, and do not need treatment.
Experts remember that it should not be confused with neonatal pustular melanosis. It is similar, but in these cases the grains are larger. On the other hand, pustular melanosis is much less frequent, and it also disappears in a few days, but in your case you can leave a small darker spot and peeling skin.
- Miliaria. The miliaria appears as a rash of small vesicles, small blisters, of transparent or whitish content. In this case the reddish coloration of the skin does not occur. It is for the retention of sweat on the skin by the obstruction of the ducts. This origin is favored by the heat and excess of clothing, so it is recommended that parents not put more clothes than usual and monitor the humidity of the environment.
Damián Montero
