in skin of the infant is very common during the first four weeks after delivery and can cause parents to be alarmed. Even though majority of the rashes are temporary and benign, some needed careful evaluation to determine if there is underlying systemic diseases (O’Connor, McLaughlin & Ham, 2008). One of the benign rashes in the pediatric population, particularly newborn, is seborrheic dermatitis. About 10% of infants younger than one month is affected with seborrheic dermatitis (Sachdeva, 2002)…
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