How to manage your baby?s newborn rash
The day after Nikki Fisher?s son was born, her midwives pointed out that his legs and tummy had a few red, textured spots on it, and called it a newborn rash, or erythema toxicum. ?He didn?t seem bothered by it,? she says, adding that the midwives said it was fairly common, and she should just keep an eye on it.
Approximately 50 percent of full-term newborns develop erythema toxicum neonatorum, a common newborn rash, says Carmen Liy Wong, a paediatric dermatologist at the Children?s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa.
What is erythema toxicum"
First off, it?s not toxic at all, clarifies Wong. It sounds much scarier than it is, so if your doctor diagnoses this skin condition, don?t panic. It?s a very common reddish rash that appears on newborns and it?s harmless, she explains. It usually appears within the first week of the baby?s life and goes away again within one to two weeks. It generally shows up on the baby?s face and torso but it can also, more rarely, appear on their arms and legs. Though it normally starts within the first week of the baby?s life it can happen later, even up to four weeks after they are born.
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