In France, infantile hemangioma affects 4 to 5% of children before the age of 1. It is an abnormal development of blood vessels mainly in the skin.
A path sometimes strewn with obstacles
Infantile hemangioma can be located more or less deeply under the skin and can measure from a few millimeters to several centimeters. The road to putting a name to the illness is long and often strewn with obstacles for parents, between worry and lack of response.
Avoid the complexity of diagnosis
All the complexity of the diagnosis comes from the fact that the hemangioma often only appears after a few days or a few weeks after birth, once the parents have left the maternity ward and the post-delivery surveillance circuit.
Don’t ignore the warning signs
Even if warning signs are present in approximately 50% of cases (in the form of a red-pinkish patch or a white spot of vasoconstriction), the hemangioma can escape medical surveillance during the consultations that follow. birth.
After-effects that are difficult to disappear
An infantile hemangioma that is not treated can cause after-effects that are sometimes difficult to resolve, such as hair loss, dilation of blood vessels or residual scars. It is therefore essential to consult a doctor as soon as the first signs appear.
 Didier Galibert
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19/04/2023 | 
