PREGNANCY
A STUDY ON FREQUENCY OF SKIN CHANGES DURING PHYSIOLOGIC AND PATHOLOGIC
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2015.22.06.1247Keywords:
Physiologic and pathologic skin problems in pregnancy, Pakistani womenAbstract
Objective: To determine frequency and pattern of skin changes during
pregnancy. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Outpatient department of
Dermatology and Gynaecology at Dow University Hospital, Ojha campus in Karachi. Period:
May 10, 2013 and January 10, 2014. (8 months). Patients & Methods: It comprises 80
consecutive pregnant women with skin problem, who presented in outpatient department of
Dermatology with referral cases from Obs&Gynae outpatient department.Information was
collected on predesigned questionnaire after taking informed consent. Results: Total 80
pregnant women were included in study with different skin problems. The results indicate
thatmost of women 72.5% presented during third trimester and 43.8% women were primigravida.
Striagravidarum and lneanigra was commonest physiological changes, reported in 54%, 52%
women consecutively. Eczema,utricaria and candidiasis were reported in 16.3% and 15% and
15% women consecutively. Prurigo of pregnancy was reported in 17.5% followed by pruritic
folliculitis of pregnancy in 6.3% women. Conclusions: This study concluded that skin changes
during pregnancy are frequent in Pakistani women. These changes could be physiological or
pathological.
