Abstract
Introduction: Many of the skin lesions observed in a newborn are regarded as physiological, but no sharp line divides the normal from the
abnormal. But incidence and prevalence of those conditions is not well known .
Aim: To Study incidence skin conditions or lesion in newborns and analyse the effect of maternal factors, events during pregnancy, consanguinity,
mode of delivery, maturity & birth weight of newborns.
Material and methods: A total no of 1000 neonates were examined from post-natal ward of Tertiary care hospital after taking consent from Parents
Conclusion: The commonest manifestation observed was the Mongolian spot, followed by Epstein pearl, sebaceous hyperplasia, milia, erythema
toxicum neonatorum, sucking callus, physiological desquamation, miliaria, cutis marmorata.
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