Pregnancy outcome of patients with psoriasis

The influence of visual impairment on pregnancy outcomes

“…Pregnancies of women who suffered from psoriasis were likely to end in CS and women with psoriasis tend to suffer more from hypertension and recurrent miscarriages [11]. For women with SLE, perinatal morbidity and mortality are significantly increased in pregnancies [12,13].…”

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is association with perinatal morbidity and mortality [10]. Other complications such as recurrent abortions, chronic hypertension, and higher rate of cesarean sections have been shown in pregnant women with psoriasis [11].…”

Non‐Infective Cutaneous Conditions of the Vulva

“…Sometimes all there is to see is a mild erythema in the interlabial sulci and a build-up of keratinous debris. It is interesting that there is an association between psoriasis and complications of pregnancy, such as recurrent abortions, hypertension and caesarean deliveries (Ben-David et al 2008). The authors postulate that this may be due to the autoimmune factors involved in psoriasis.…”

Treating Psoriasis During Pregnancy: Safety and Efficacy of Treatments

“…Moderate to severe psoriasis would therefore be expected to influence pregnancy outcomes. Indeed, this has been demonstrated: in a nationwide population-based study of 1463 women, Yang et al [20] found that women with severe psoriasis had an increased risk of low birth weight and Cohen-Barak et al [21] and Ben-David et al [22] have found an increased risk of spontaneous abortion in women with moderate to severe psoriasis; however, these latter two studies were based on small numbers (only ten and 35 women with psoriasis were included, respectively).…”