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Neonatal Skin Disorders

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Skin is a dynamic complex organ, which accomplishes versatile functions and thus plays a key role in the maintenance of the homeostasis of the organism. At birth, the development of the skin is not fully complete. The beginning of the postnatal life is a period for active adaptation and maturation of the cutaneous structure and functions. The environment around the skin changes drastically after birth: a newborn infant goes from the warm, wet, sterile, and safe womb to a cooler, dry, bacteria-laden nursery; concurrently the baby begins the journey to self-sufficiency by breathing air, taking nutrition, and maintaining body temperature. Newborn skin is critical to this transition and performs many functions (barrier to water loss, light, and irritants; infection control and immunosurveillance; resilience to mechanical trauma; sensation and tactile discrimination; thermal regulation; and acid mantle formation).

A variety of normal and abnormal lesions may be present on newborn skin surface (including adnexa, oral mucosa, and genito-anal area). Although these findings are often benign, it is important to distinguish them and to be aware about the nature of the disease, to manage them properly.

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  1. Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Scienze Immunologiche – Sezione di Dermatologia, Università degli Studi di Siena, Policlinico “Santa Maria alle Scotte”, Siena, Italy

    Michele Fimiani

  2. Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, Dermatology Section, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Michele Fimiani, Roberta Bilenchi, Filomena Mandato, Stefania Mei, Niccolò Nami, Rosa Maria Strangi & Arianna Lamberti

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Fimiani, M. et al. (2018). Neonatal Skin Disorders. In: Buonocore, G., Bracci, R., Weindling, M. (eds) Neonatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29489-6_285

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