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What causes the blisters on my 9-month-old's elbows?

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Answered by Anthony Mancini M.D.


Dr. Mancini received his undergraduate and medical educations at the University of Arizona, and trained in pediatrics, pediatric dermatology, and dermatology at Stanford University. He is currently Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and Head of the Division of Dermatology at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.



Dr. Mancini has served as a member of the AAP Executive Committee, Section of Dermatology since 2001. He is a member of the AAP Super CME Planning Group and the AAP Pedia Link Pediatric Dermatology Project Team, and is Secretary-Treasurer of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. His teaching accomplishments include the Faculty Excellence in Education Award from the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern, which he has received for the last eight years. Dr. Mancini is a peer reviewer and/or sits on the editorial board for several academic journals, and has published over 75 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, and book chapters. He is co-author of Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology, 3rd edition, and is an associate editor for the comprehensive dermatology textbook Dermatology. His special interests include infectious skin diseases and exanthems of childhood, vascular malformations and hemangiomas, and neonatal skin maturation and skin disorders.



Dr. Mancini is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Dermatology. He and his wife, Nicola, a neonatal intensive care nurse, have three children (Mallory, Christopher, and Mackenzie) and reside in Evanston, Illinois.

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My 9-month-old daughter gets water blisters on her elbows severely. Is this caused by eczema, or is there another reason? What can I do to prevent this from happening?

Answer


Blisters on the elbows are not common with eczema. Questions I would have for you include: 1) Are these lesions itchy? 2) Does she develop blisters elsewhere? 3) How long has this been going on? There are many causes of skin blisters, including bug bite reactions, allergic skin reactions, infections, and the so-called blistering disorders, which are quite rare. Before preventive strategies or treatment can be recommended, your daughter obviously needs to be properly diagnosed. Have her evaluated by her pediatrician or a dermatologist.

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