Pregnancy and Skin

Kar, Sumit; Krishnan, Ajay; Shivkumar, Poonam Varma

doi:10.1007/s13224-012-0179-z

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“…Nail changes are also mentioned among the physiological skin changes that occur during pregnancy. Until now, the reported changes encountered during pregnancy were leukonychia, transverse grooves, subungual hyperkeratosis, distal onycholysis, brittleness, and fragility in the nails . In our study, we did not detect any statistically significant difference between the pregnancy group and the control group regarding trachyonychia, leukonychia, subungual hyperkeratosis, onycholysis, chromonychia, pitting, splinter hemorrhage, and other nail findings.…”

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“…Studies conducted almost 60 years ago reported that pregnancy increased the growth rate of nails . Several studies conducted since then have also reported that pregnancy accelerates nail growth, with references to these earlier studies . In addition, it has also been reported that leukonychia, subungual hyperkeratosis, distal onycholysis, transverse grooves, softening, and brittleness in nails might be encountered during pregnancy …”

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Morphology, growth rate, and thickness of the nail plate during the pregnancy

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Pregnancy causes some physiological skin changes, such as hyperpigmentation and striae gravidarum. Thickening of scalp hair and a prolonged anagen phase are also known to occur during pregnancy. However, a limited number of studies have been conducted on the effect of pregnancy on the nails. We aimed to investigate the effect of pregnancy on the morphology of the nail plate, specifically its growth rate and thickness. Pregnant women and a control group consisting of healthy female volunteers were included in the study. The distance from the apical point of the lunula to the midpoint of the free edge of the nail plate of the the thumb was measured with digital calipers. The measurement was repeated during the control visits and recorded in millimeters per day. The thickness of the nail plate of the thumb was measured at the midpoint of the free edge of the nail plate. A dermatological examination of the fingernails was performed for both groups. A survey was also conducted to identify any changes that occurred in the nails during pregnancy. The mean growth rate of the nail plate in pregnant women was 0.1 ± 0.05 mm/day, and in the control group it was 0.09 ± 0.05 mm/day. There was no statistically significant difference between the pregnant and control groups regarding the growth rate of the nail plate (P = 0.438). The mean thickness of the nail plate in pregnant women was 0.87 ± 0.19 mm, and in the control group it was 0.75 ± 0.17 mm. There was a statistically significant difference between the groups with respect to nail plate thickness (P < 0.001). A dermatological examination of the fingernails in the two groups did not reveal any statistically significant differences with respect to the nail findings. We determined in our study that pregnancy did not affect the growth rate and the morphology of the nails but increased the thickness of the nail plates.

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Morphology, growth rate, and thickness of the nail plate during the pregnancy

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“…All of these conditions can be linked to either profound hormonal, vascular, metabolic, or immune changes occurring during pregnancy and treatment can be difficult [59]. Unfortunately, treating psoriasis in pregnant and lactating women presents a special challenge.…”

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Psoriasis: Female Skin Changes in Various Hormonal Stages throughout Life—Puberty, Pregnancy, and Menopause

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et al. 2013

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Psoriasis is one of the most prevalent immune mediated skin diseases worldwide. Despite the large prevalence in both men and women, the pathogenesis of this disease has not yet been fully clarified. Nowadays, it is believed that psoriasis is most likely a T helper Th1/Th17 induced inflammatory disease. Stressful life situations are known to cause flare-ups and psoriasis activity may be linked to stress from major life events. We know that stress greatly affects both the hormone and immune systems and that there are many different hormonal phases throughout a woman's lifetime. The severity of psoriasis may fluctuate or be influenced by each phase and this relationship can be seen as disease frequency seems to peak during puberty, postpartum, and menopause when hormone levels fall, while symptoms improve during pregnancy, a state when hormone levels are increased.

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“…Gebelik karmaşık homonal, immünolojik, metabolik süreçlerin etkisiyle çok sayıda değişikliğin gözlendiği bir dönemdir [2][3][4] . Bu değişiklikler temelde gebeliğin fizyolojik değişiklikleri, GÖD ve GÖOH olarak sınıflan-dırılabilir.…”

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“…Stria gravidarum, kloasma, tırnak değişiklikleri, diş eti değişiklikleri dermatoloji polikliniğine müracat eden gebelerde sık saptanan bulgular olarak bildirilmiştir 3,8,9 . Fizyolojik değişik-lik nedeniyle konsülte edilen gebe sayısının azlığı ve bunların primigravid oluşu, bu yakınmaların gebeleri direk olarak dermatolojiye yönlendirdiği ve ya uzman kontrolüne gereksinim hissettirmediğini düşündürdü.…”

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