DIAPER RASH
- Any rash in the diaper area.
- Almost every child will get a diaper rash no matter how clean we try to keep them.
- They may occur with cloth or disposable diapers.
- Diarrhea is a common factor to trigger a diaper rash.
- It is typically caused by moisture, and skin irritation from bacteria in the stool or chemicals in the urine.
- This creates an irritant diaper rash that appears like a burn more predominately in the rectal area.
- Yeast (candidal) diaper rashes are also common.
- This comes from a moist, heated environment and typically looks red, sometimes raw or raised with small bumps.
- The bumps that look like pimples around the edge of the rash are called "satellite lesions."
- Yeast rashes usually occur more towards the front of the genitals - on the labia in girls, on the testes and groin area of boys and can even spread down the thighs.
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