In this presentation I will discuss common paediatric dermatological complaints of the nails and feet relevant to podiatry. This will include infectious dermatology such as fungal and parasitic, immunological diseases such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and allergic reactions. I will discuss diagnosis and treatment, red flags and reasons to refer.
Prue Gramp is the Dermatology Registrar at the Gold Coast University Hospital. She completed her Doctor of Medicine at Griffith University and a Graduate Certificate in Infectious Disease Intelligence at the University of NSW. She has teaching and research interests as a facilitator at Griffith University Medical School and as an Associate Investigator under the QLD Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerard for a malaria vaccine clinical trial. She has published several dermatological papers in peer reviewed journals, including the Australasian Journal of Dermatology, Medicine Today, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases and DermNetNZ. She has presented at the annual scientific meetings for the Australasian College of Dermatology, The Australasian Dermatopathologists, The International Congress of Dermatology and the Rural Medicine Australia Conference.