Question Some of my pregnant patients complain about pruritus. Are there conditions in
pregnancy that present with pruritus that might put the mother or fetus at risk? Answer …

Pruritus in pregnancy is a common and burdensome symptom that may be a first sign of a
pregnancy-specific pruritic disease (atopic eruption of pregnancy, polymorphic eruption of …

Five hundred pregnant women attending obstetrics OPD were screened for the presence of
pruritus. The patients with other dermatological causes of pruritus (other than specific …

During pregnancy and also during childhood, pruritus can have manifold aetiologies and
should therefore always be taken seriously. In pregnancy, pruritus is the main …

Pregnant women are at greater risk to suffer from chronic pruritus, but data on this symptom
in this group is very limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence, clinical …

The autoimmune connective tissue diseases (ACTDs) are a broad range of diseases (eg,
the most common being lupus, dermatomyositis [DM], systemic sclerosis [SSc], and Sjogren …

Background and Design: For a period of 1 year, all pregnant women presenting with itching
were investigated by clinical, histologic, immunopathologic, and laboratory studies. Fifty-one …

Objective To investigate obstetric risk factors and pregnancy outcome in women with pruritus
gravidarum who delivered during a 15-year period. Methods A population-based study …

The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and anatomical distribution
of pruritus in 6532 pregnant women from a UK antenatal population. Pregnant women …

The pregnancy-specific skin disorders are pruritic, inflammatory eruptions. The current
classification by Ambros-Rudolph et al. includes four entities: pemphigoid gestationis (PG) …