I've had it for years. Then I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. I tried changing my diet to suit the diabetes - low carbs, whole wheats, leafy greens - and my IBS flared up so badly. It was bad before I started taking my metformin/glucofage but it got increasingly worse when I changed my diet for the diabetes.
Newborns are also coated with a thick, pasty, white material called vernix caseosa (made up of the fetus' shed skin cells and skin gland secretions), most of which will be washed off during the baby's first bath.
Cradle cap in babies is a condition that doctors call seborrheic eczema or seborrheic dermatitis. It appears as yellow, oily, scaly patches on the scalp. Usually it clears up without treatment at 8 to 12 months of age. In contrast, atopic dermatitis usually appears as a red rash.