Baby Is Born With Chicken Pox-Like Lumps, but It Turns Out to Be 1-in-100,000 Disease

Baby Is Born With Chicken Pox-Like Lumps, but It Turns Out to Be 1-in-100,000 Disease
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It all started when little Oscar Langham was born with a red rash on his back and spots scattered around his body. Different kinds of skin conditions are quite common for newborns, who often suffer from what’s known as “baby acne.”

As his mom, Steph Webster, said to the Daily Telegraph, “at first we didn’t realize there was anything wrong, we thought it was just something normal like neonatal rash—but a midwife saw him and realized there might be a problem.”