A Prospective Study on Dermatoses in Pregnancy in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Southern Assam

Madhab, Vaswatee; Das, Dwijen; Gupta, Bhavana; Saha, Mahimanjan

doi:10.14260/jemds/2015/1774

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“…This study highlights the importance of cutaneous changes that occur during pregnancy.DemographyIn this study majority of the pregnant women were multigravida (60.8%) presented during third trimester (75.2%) of pregnancy. Similar to our study Latha et al and Madhab et al in their study showed majority of the patients were multigravida (68%) and (54.71%), whereas Panicker et al and Kumar et al in their study showed primigravida were more affected (61.67%) than the multigravida (51%) which was discordant from this study [3][4][5][6]. Chakraborty et al (63%) and Bangaru et al (54.14%) showed in their study that majority were in third trimester compared to Meena et al in their study found majority of them were in second trimester [7][8][9].…”

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“…16 Similar to our study, the study conducted by Madhab et al showed that PEP was the most common specific dermatoses (22.64%) whereas prurigo of pregnancy accounting for (9.43%) of cases. 5 And other studies like Kumari et al also showed a PUPPP preponderance compared to AEP. 17 PEP is erythematous urticarial papules and plaques which develop initially on the abdomen especially within the striae distensae and spread on to the thighs, buttocks and arms.…”

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Clinico-epidemiological study of cutaneous changes in pregnancy at a tertiary care centre in Puducherry

Ramamurthy,

G. David

2023

Int J Res Dermatol

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Background: Pregnancy causes various physiological and pathological changes of skin, due to profound immunological, endocrine and vascular changes. This study focus on these changes and hence earlier identification of pathological skin changes helps to improve both the maternal and fetal outcomes. Aims and objectives were to find the prevalence and patterns of these changes in pregnancy and also to find the association of pathological changes with gravida and gestational age. Methods: A cross sectional study was performed among 250 pregnant women with skin changes, attending dermatology outpatient department (OPD) at tertiary care centre in Puducherry and the findings were documented and the data was analyzed for statistical significance. Results: In this study, Physiological changes were most common of which linea nigra was commonly seen in (84.4%) cases (n=233) followed by striae distensae seen in (78.4%) cases (n=197). Similarly, in pathological specific dermatoses, polymorphic eruption of pregnancy was seen in (1.2%) cases (n=3), followed by atopic eruption of pregnancy was seen in (0.4%) cases (n=1). Among the pathological non-specific dermatoses, Acne vulgaris in the inflammatory diseases was seen commonly in (7.6%) cases (n=19), followed by cutaneous infections like Tinea corporis was seen in (8.4%) cases (n=21) and least common was alopecia areata seen in (0.4%) of cases among the autoimmune disorders. Conclusions: In this study physiological changes were more common in pregnant women followed by pathological non-specific and specific dermatoses. Also, there was a significant association of pathological changes with gravida and gestational age by Chi-square test with the p value <0.05.

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Clinico-epidemiological study of cutaneous changes in pregnancy at a tertiary care centre in Puducherry

Ramamurthy,

G. David

2023

Int J Res Dermatol

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“…Studies in the Indian context reported pregnancy-specific dermatoses as low as 2% to as high as 38.3%. 1,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]18 Pruritus gravidarum was observed in 2 (1.3%) cases, out of which one was primigravida and the other was multigravida with a history of itching in previous pregnancies. Pruritus started between 28-32 weeks of pregnancy without skin lesion.…”

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A prospective study on spectrum of dermatoses of pregnancy in a tertiary care centre of Northern Assam

Teron¹,

Jatindra²,

Debasish³

et al. 2021

International Journal of Health Research and Medico-Legal Practice

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Background and aims: During pregnancy, various metabolic, hormonal, and immunological changes occur and may also alter the course of preexisting dermatological diseases and tumours. The present study aims to determine the prevalence of dermatoses of pregnancy and its various clinical spectrum in this region. Methods: A one-year cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital of Assam from July 2018 to June 2019. Pregnant women with cutaneous manifestations, irrespective of their gestational age, were included after full consent. A detailed history of obstetrics, medical and family history was taken from the selected patients. Clinical examinations and laboratory tests were performed. Data were documented on a predesigned proforma. The data were analysed using Microsoft-Excel. The data were presented as frequency and percentages. Results: Out of 5558 pregnant women, 150 (2.69%) women had dermatoses. Most of the patients were primigravida (52%) and at their third trimester (62%). The most common symptom was pruritus (52%) and Hyperpigmentation was the most common physiological cutaneous change (94.6%). Striae distensae was most observed over the abdomen (80%). Common sites of pigmentation were the external genitalia (93.3%) and breast (91.3%). Vascular changes were observed in 55 (36.6%) patients. Out of the 150 cases, 15 (10%) subjects had specific dermatoses of pregnancy, 89 (59.3%) cases had infection and 19 (12.6%) cases had non-infective dermatoses. Conclusion: Pregnant women are prone to suffer from a wide range of various dermatological problems. A conscientious and meticulous search into all cutaneous complaints of pregnancy will decrease the mortality and morbidity of pregnant women.

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“…Pregnancyis characterized by endocrinal, metabolic and immunologic alterations which make the woman vulnerable to specific dermatoses, or a change in the course of coexisting skin diseases. 1 Specific dermatoses, Itching, skin infections, autoimmune skin diseases, skin tumors and inflammatory skin disorders may occur in pregnancy. Specific dermatoses of pregnancy are polymorphic eruption of pregnancy (PEP), pemphigoid gestationosis (PG), atopic eruption of pregnancy (AEP) and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (IHCP).…”

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Clinical evaluation of pathological dermatoses induced in pregnancy

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Background: Pregnancy can present with various dermatoses which is divided into physiological and pathological dermatoses. These dermatoses have various effects on pregnancy and patient’s life. The objective was to study the various pathological dermatoses.Methods: A total of 1425 pregnant females attending dermatology, obstetrics and gynaecology Out Patient Department of Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital were included, out of this 275 presented with pathological dermatoses. Detailed history, examination and investigations were done. Data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21.0 (test).Results: Pathological dermatoses was seen in 275 pregnant females ranged between 18 to 45 years. Infections or infestations and STDs (53.5%) were the most common dermatological conditions followed by pregnancy specific dermatoses (24.7%), acne and folliculitis (7.6%), non-specific itching (5.8%) and other conditions (10.9%).Conclusions: Pregnant females suffer from number of pregnancy dermatoses. A knowledge of the profile of dermatoses during pregnancy is essential to plan preventive measures, care of the mother and the child.

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A Prospective Study on Dermatoses in Pregnancy in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Southern Assam

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Clinico-epidemiological study of cutaneous changes in pregnancy at a tertiary care centre in Puducherry

Clinico-epidemiological study of cutaneous changes in pregnancy at a tertiary care centre in Puducherry

A prospective study on spectrum of dermatoses of pregnancy in a tertiary care centre of Northern Assam

Clinical evaluation of pathological dermatoses induced in pregnancy

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