Assessment of the Effect of Some Social Factors on the Occurrence of Birth Marks in Neonates Attending Salahaldeen General Hospital

Abstract

Background A newborn skin may exhibit a variety of changes during the first four weeks of life. Most of these changes are benign and self limited but others require further work up for infections etiologies or underlying systemic disorders .
The aim of current study is to assess the frequency of neonates with various skin lesions attended to pediatrics unit, dermatologic unit, neonatal care unit, or those delivered in labor room and those admitted to pediatric ward in Salahaldeen General  Hospital.
Patients and method : The observational case control study involved study of 260 live newborns (160 males and 100 females) performed during the period between the first of July, 2017 to the 15th of September, 2017. Results : The frequency of various skin lesions were (50%) for Mongolian spots, (31.1%) for milia, (6.25%) for erythema toxicum neonatorum,and (6.25%)  for  omphalitis.There  was  statistically  significant  relationship between skin lesions and mood of delivery, maternal health status including diabetes mellitus, pregnancy induced hypertention, urinary tract infection as risk factors, and the age of newborn babies.
Conclusion : It is concluded that most of skin lesions were physiologic about (90.66) and about (9.3%) _ were pathologic lesions. Most common skin  lesions  in this  study  were  Mongolian  spots,  in  which  form  about (50%).