A newborn, or neonate, is a child in the first 28 days of life; this is a period of high vulnerability, when even a seemingly "simple" rash requires more careful assessment than in older children.
Atopic dermatitis in children under 1 year of age is a chronic inflammatory skin disease in which the skin barrier is disrupted, dryness increases, and itching, redness, flaking, oozing, or crusting appear.
Seborrheic dermatitis in newborns and infants most often appears as "cradle cap" on the scalp: yellowish, white, greasy, or waxy flakes that can look alarming but are usually harmless and do not cause pain to the baby.
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease in which the skin barrier is compromised, resulting in dryness, itching, and a tendency to recurring inflammatory breakouts.
Umbilical sepsis is the common name for a dangerous situation when an infection of the umbilical wound in a newborn, that is, omphalitis, goes beyond local inflammation and leads to a systemic infection.
Neonatal sepsis is a severe systemic infection in a child during the neonatal period, usually in the first 28 days of life, in which the microbial infection causes organ dysfunction or a high risk of such dysfunction.
A baby born alive before 37 weeks of pregnancy is considered premature. The World Health Organization distinguishes three main groups: extremely premature babies, born before 28 weeks; very premature babies, born between 28 and less than 32 weeks; and moderately or late premature babies, born between 32 and less than 37 weeks.
