(iVillage Total Health) - Parents who know first hand the effects of painful diaper rash on their crying babies should be encouraged by recent news from the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).

It is the rare child who doesn't get a diaper rash. Most are caused by irritation to the skin from urine and feces. The second most common cause is from a superficial candidal (a fungus) infection.

The US FDA has approved Barrier Therapeutics' Vusion (0.25% miconazole nitrate, 15% zinc oxide and 81.35% white petrolatum) Ointment. Vusion was specifically formulated for the treatment of diaper ...