Impetigo

If red sores appear on your child's face, it may be the first sign that she's come down with impetigo. In this Children's Channel video, Denise Lopez Domowicz, MD, a pediatric hospitalist at Akron Children's discusses the prevention and treatment of this relatively common skin infection in children.

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