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PUPPP is the most common dermatosis of pregnancy and is the most frequent in pregnant women habitating a male fetus, women who had quick and conspicuous weight gain during a short period, and women who ultimately deliver by a C-section.
Prurigo gestationis is an eruption consisting of pruritic, excoriated papules of the proximal limbs and upper trunk, most often occurring between the 20th and 34th week of gestation. [3] [2] [4] [5] The exact etiology is unknown, but it is considered likely to be a flareup of atopic dermatitis during pregnancy. [6]
Dermatoses of pregnancy are the inflammatory skin diseases that are specific to women while they are pregnant. [1] While some use the term 'polymorphic eruption of pregnancy' to cover these, [ 2 ] this term is a synonym used in the UK for Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy , [ 3 ] which is the commonest of these skin conditions.
The signs and symptoms of pruritic folliculitis of pregnancy include: redness of the skin, small red bumps that surrounds a hair follicle, and red bumps that are filled with pus "that usually appear first on the abdomen and may spread to the chest, upper portion of the back, shoulders, arms, and thighs" and it occurs during the second or third ...
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), also known as obstetric cholestasis, cholestasis of pregnancy, jaundice of pregnancy, and prurigo gravidarum, [1] is a medical condition in which cholestasis occurs during pregnancy. [2] It typically presents with itching and can lead to complications for both mother and fetus. [2]
Diagram of the regions (or quadrants) of the abdomen, to assist in locating the right upper quadrant or the epigastric region, where eclampsia-associated pain may occur. Eclampsia is a disorder of pregnancy characterized by seizures in the setting of pre-eclampsia. [17] Most women have premonitory signs/symptoms in the hours before the initial ...
Pregnancy-related cutaneous conditions are a group of skin changes observed during pregnancy. [93] [94] Impetigo herpetiformis; Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (cholestasis of pregnancy, jaundice of pregnancy, obstetric cholestasis, prurigo gravidarum) Linea nigra; Pemphigoid gestationis (gestational pemphigoid, herpes gestationis)
Pregnancy-related cutaneous conditions are a group of skin changes observed during pregnancy. Pages in category "Pregnancy-related cutaneous conditions" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.