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- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
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Irritant-induced diaper dermatitis
Treatment
Keeping the diaper area clean and dry is the best treatment for irritant dermatitis. The more time the baby can be kept out of diapers, the better. Your doctor may suggest a barrier cream, such as a zinc oxide based product.
Support Groups
Expectations (prognosis)
Complications
Calling your health care provider
Call your doctor if the rash worsens or there are sores on the skin.
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Diaper dermatitis Prevention
Review Date: 08/15/2007
Reviewed By: Rachel A. Lewis, MD, FAAP, Columbia University Pediatric Faculty
Practice, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare
Network.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
