Skin conditions in children

Introduction

Common skin conditions in children can be divided into inflammatory skin disorders, lumps and bumps, infections and infestations. We also list some uncommon childhood disorders. Many more conditions affecting children and adults are listed on our Topics A–Z page.

Inflammatory skin disorders

• Acne in children
• Adverse cutaneous reaction to a drug
• Aphthous ulcers
• Arthropod bites and stings
• Atopic dermatitis
• Contact dermatitis
• Discoid eczema
• Granuloma annulare
• Keratosis pilaris
• Keratosis pilaris atrophicans faciei
• Miliaria
• Napkin dermatitis
• Neonatal lupus erythematosus
• Papular urticaria
• Perioral dermatitis in childhood
• Seborrhoeic dermatitis
• Psoriasis in childhood

Hair and scalp

• Alopecia areata
• Head lice
• Scalp psoriasis
• Tinea capitis

Pigmentation disorders

• Vitiligo

Lumps and bumps

• Birthmarks
• Freckle
• Idiopathic facial aseptic granuloma
• Infantile haemangioma
• Milia
• Mole
• Molluscum contagiosum
• Pyogenic granuloma
• Spider telangiectasis
• Viral wart

Infections, reactions to infections, and infestations

• Boil
• Cellulitis
• Chickenpox
• Erythema multiforme
• Fifth disease
• Impetigo
• Hand foot and mouth disease
• Herpetic whitlow
• Molluscum contagiosum
• Papular acrodermatitis of childhood
• Pityriasis rosea
• Scabies
• Scarlet fever
• Tinea corporis
• Tinea pedis + athlete's foot

Uncommon skin disorders in children

• Acropustulosis of infancy
• Acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy
• Bullous pemphigoid in childhood
• Chronic bullous dermatosis of childhood
• Granuloma gluteale infantum
• Ichthyosis
• Infantile digital fibroma
• Kawasaki disease
• Laterothoracic exanthem
• Mastocytosis
• Melanoma in children
• Collodion baby
• Henoch-Schonlein purpura
• Meningococcal disease
• Morphoea
• Protein-energy malnutrition
• PLACK syndrome