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Skin Diseases in Adolescence
Follow the links below to find information about skin diseases in adolescents and young people.
Reviewed December 2011
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| Title: | Cold sores |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Most of us have had a cold sore or seen a cold sore at some time. These are also sometimes called 'fever blisters', but their medical name is herpes simplex type 1. |
| Date: | May 2011 |
| Title: | Dandruff - does your head feel itchy? |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Dandruff is itching and flaking of the scalp that some people start getting around puberty. |
| Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Title: | Skin Diseases in Children |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Topic Page |
| Description: | Links to information about skin diseases that affect children. |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | For parents: protecting your family |
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| Publisher: | Cancer Council Victoria |
| Description: | Information for parents to help children learn sensible sun protection habits early in life. |
| Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Title: | Dandruff |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | If your teenage child's head feels really itchy and you find small yellowish flakes falling onto his shoulders, the chances are that he has dandruff. |
| Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Title: | Acyclovir for treating primary herpetic gingivostomatitis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | There is some weak evidence that acyclovir can be an effective treatment in decreasing some of the symptoms caused by primary herpetic gingivostomatitis. Primary herpetic gingivostomatitis is a highly contagious infection of the oral cavity which is cau... |
| Date: | Jun 2008 |
| Title: | Interventions for guttate psoriasis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes scaly pink patches. Guttate psoriasis is a particular form of the disease that usually affects children and young adults. It can happen on its own, or as a complication of ordinary (chronic plaque) psoriasis. Ofte... |
| Date: | Jan 2000 |
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