Symptoms of pruritus in pregnant women?

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Pruritus during pregnancy refers to the phenomenon of pruritus during pregnancy. The reason is that due to the increase of hormones, not only the body of expectant mothers will change, but also the skin will be particularly sensitive, prone to rash and itching. When it is serious, it will affect the work, rest and mood of life. Pruritus occurs in pregnant women after the middle and late pregnancy, and the degree of pruritus varies. The mild is just a little pruritus on the skin, and the severe is itchy, restless, unable to sleep at night, painful, and some even scratch the skin to temporarily stop itching, resulting in a lot of scratches on the whole body, Also prone to skin suppurative infection. Should ask dermatologist to do the correct diagnosis and treatment in time, in order to spend the whole pregnancy comfortably. Symptoms of pruritus in pregnant women? Let's talk about it.

Symptoms of pruritus in pregnant women?

Itching hands itch between the fingers, and then itching on the whole body, to the back and neck. Focus on the itching of the belly, scratch feel tingling, found that the belly and back red, is congestive, pressure fade. From the inferior xiphoid process to the bilateral anterior superior iliac spine, the opposite back is the same. There's no obvious rash, just redness. And the local skin temperature is higher. The temperature is not high. It's still red at night, and both hands are red and swollen. I feel tight when I move.

From pregnancy to about one month after birth, about one fifth of expectant mothers will have skin itching problems. Most of these skin problems are not directly related to pregnancy, but are caused by some skin diseases, such as eczema, urticaria, drug eruption and bacterial infection. Only a few are caused by pregnancy. Therefore, the doctor must first exclude the common causes of diagnosis and treatment, in order to suspect whether it is simply caused by pregnancy skin problems. In different seasons, expectant mothers will have different skin problems, such as wet weather in summer, sweating, prone to eczema or skin folliculitis and other symptoms; In winter, due to the decrease of sebum secretion, the skin appears dry, and even skin cracks in severe cases, which may lead to eczema or lipid deficiency eczema in winter. These symptoms may occur in any part of the body.

Prurigo gravidarum, the cause is still unknown, may be related to hormone changes during pregnancy and external stimuli and other factors, there is no significant impact on the fetus and mother. Red or light pink papules appear, patients will feel itchy, after production will gradually recover, but easy to leave traces of pigment. The reason may be related to hormone secretion during pregnancy, dry skin and external stimulation. It mainly occurs in the proximal extension of limbs, including the thigh or arm. In the middle and late stage of pregnancy (about 4-9 months of pregnancy), the disease occurs frequently. The main external use is steroid ointment.

matters needing attention

1、 Nervous, emotional, will aggravate itching, so pregnant women first to reduce the mental burden, avoid irritability and anxiety. 2、 Avoid scratching to relieve itching. Because after continuous scratching, the skin is often red and scratched, so that the epidermis falls off and blood scabs appear. Over time, it will lead to skin thickening and deepening of pigment, and then aggravate pruritus, and even purulent infection. 3、 Change underwear frequently. 4、 When taking a bath, do not use too high temperature water or use alkaline soap to scrub, because it will aggravate itching. 5、 Prevent the stimulation of food factors, such as eating less pepper, ginger, raw garlic and other stimulating food. Seafood intake should be appropriate, because seafood can aggravate skin itching.