What reason is pregnant abdomen urticant?

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Some people think that pregnant women's belly itching may be caused by eating seafood allergy. This idea is not correct. The incidence is very low, all parts of the body may be sick, when sick, the whole body skin will appear rash. The cause of the disease is still unclear, but it may cause abortion or fetal death, so special care should be taken. In fact, the most common symptoms of abdominal itching in pregnant women are:

What reason is pregnant abdomen urticant?

Dermatosis gravidarum: more than 15% of pregnant women may encounter this disease. The whole body may itch, usually in six or seven months of pregnancy attack. There is no change except itching on the skin. There will be no rash and blisters. The cause of the disease is generally believed to be related to the increase of estrogen during pregnancy, and has no effect on the fetus.

Pregnancy rash: about 2% of pregnant women may have the disease, usually between the fourth and ninth month of pregnancy. Small rashes appear on the skin, most often on the extremities, and look like insect bites. Some pregnant women think it's caused by lice or fleas on their pets, but it's actually caused by pregnancy itself, which has no effect on the fetus.

Toxic skin rash of pregnancy: the prevalence rate is about 1%, mostly born in short and obese pregnant women, most often occurs when stria gravidarum appears. At present, it is thought that it may be related to the imbalance of hormone secretion. The consolation is that this itchy skin does not harm the fetus.

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In medicine, cholestasis of pregnancy is due to a large amount of androgen produced by the placenta during pregnancy, which changes the permeability function of cell membrane and weakens the function of excreting bile, resulting in cholestasis, bile embolus formation, bile acid and bilirubin flowing back into the blood, resulting in a series of clinical symptoms of pruritus in late pregnancy.