Looking After Your Child's Skin & Treating Skin Infections

A 24 page booklet with information, diagrams and photos about looking after your child's skin and treating skin infections.

A guide for parents and families

Check this booklet developed by Workbase Education Trust as part of a research project funded by the Ministry of Health.

Information includes diagrams and photos under the following headings:

things that help keep your child's skin healthy
what causes skin infections?
how to clean infected skin
things you could ask your child's doctor or nurse
washing and drying hands
information about a number of skin conditions (boils, cellulitis, cuts, scratches and grazes, eczema, impetigo, insect bites, ring worm and scabies)
how to check skin infections

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