Volume : 6, Issue : 11, November - 2017

PREGNANCY DERMATOSES-A CLINICAL STUDY

Dr. Y. Aruna Kumari, Dr. Indira

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-indent: -1in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">Objective:</span></b><span style="text-indent: -1in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> The aim of the study is to findout the frequency of dermatoses specific to&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;&#10;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-1.0in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">pregnancy. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;&#10;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in;&#10;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">Methodology :</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%"> Study involved 250 pregnant women with cutaneous complaints attending <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;&#10;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in;&#10;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">dermatology OPD and obstetrics OPD of General Hospital attached to Medical College.&nbsp; They <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;&#10;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in;&#10;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">were selected irrespective of age, parity, gestational age. All patients diagnosed HIV, STD&rsquo;s <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;&#10;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in;&#10;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">and who were on immunosuppressive drugs were excluded.&nbsp; Detailed history including chief <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;&#10;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in;&#10;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">complaints related to skin, relation to duration of pregnancy detailed physical and systemic <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;&#10;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in;&#10;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">examination.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">Results&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :&nbsp; </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">Out of 250 pregnant women screened frequency of dermatoses was 40 (16%) more in 3^rd trimester, 6.8% had pruitus of pregnancy, 4.8% had prurigo &nbsp;of pregnancy 3.2% had PUPP 1% had P.folliculitis and one case of prurigo annularis.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">Conclusion : </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">Specific dermatoses of pregnancy which are not rare entity, are almost always associated with pruritus and eruption of variable severity, needs timely therapitic intervention.<o:p></o:p></span></p>