Pediatric hyperhidrosis: what we know has changed
Adelaide A. Hebert, MD, with Lisette Hilton Hyperhidrosis has tremendous impact on the full scope of pediatric life and well-being. I find that young children who experience excess sweating are most hampered by the excess moisture on their hands. A telling example is that no one in preschool or kindergarten wants to hold these children’s […]
Pediatrics infectious disease update: Tinea capitis
Sheila Fallon Friedlander, MD, with Lisette Hilton What we know about tinea capitis has changed in recent decades Tinea capitis is not just a disease of preschoolers. When I was in training, I was told to think about tinea capitis when a young child with a scaling head presented. We now know that although that […]
Retinoids in pediatric ichthyosis: First-time consensus guidance
By Robert Kronmeyer |Reviewed by Moise Levy, MD Treating ichthyosis and other disorders of cornification in children and adolescents with either topical or systemic retinoids, or both, is not only generally safe, but also can be highly effective in reducing scaling and improving function and appearance, according to consensus recommendations published in November 2020 in […]
Tackling lice: Pick your poison
By Cheryl Guttman Krader; Reviewed by Natasha Mesinkovska, MD, PhD Most everyone would agree that thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has been a pretty lousy year. How “lousy” a year it has been with respect to the prevalence of pediculosis capitis (head lice infestation) is unknown. On the one hand, cases of head lice […]