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Home › Articles › Toddler Health › She Has What?

She Has What?

Not-so-common Ailments

By Sue Poremba

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Molluscum Contagiosum
According to Dr. Charles Crutchfield, clinical associate professor of dermatology at the University of Minnesota Medical School, molluscum contagiosum is a brisk infection where pox can spread anywhere on the body except the palms of the hands or soles of the feet. It is most common on the neck, face, arms and hands. The virus is contagious through direct contact. Treatment is usually not needed, as the pox will disappear on their own in two to three months.
 
Periorbital Cellulitis
Periorbital cellulitis is an inflammation or infection of the soft tissues around the eye, says Dr. Charles Shubin, director of pediatrics at Mercy FamilyCare in Baltimore, Md. It usually begins as pink eye or a nose or sinus infection. The ailment is increasingly rare because of vaccination, but it is seen most often in children under age 2.

Any time the eye is swollen, Dr. Shubin says you want to get it checked out because "you don't want to play games with anything that close to the brain." Periorbital cellullitis is treated with antibiotics.

Neuroblastoma
Jennifer Crowley noticed that her 7-month-old son had a mysterious black eye. He was otherwise a healthy baby, but the eye concerned her enough that she made an appointment with her pediatrician.

Crowley's son was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a cancer that forms in the nerve cells. It usually attacks children under the age of 5. Along with the black eyes, other symptoms are a lump in the stomach, neck or chest, bluish lumps under an infant's skin or bulging eyes. Treatment and recovery depend on the child's age and the stage of the cancer.


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