What symptom does infantile cholestasis have

summary

Intrahepatic cholestasis is a special complication in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. It is characterized by pruritus and jaundice during pregnancy. The premature birth rate and perinatal mortality rate are high. It has a serious impact on pregnant women and fetuses. It has been widely paid attention to in clinic. It mainly has the following symptoms:

What symptom does infantile cholestasis have

First: itching. Pruritus is the most typical manifestation of cholestasis. Most of the patients feel skin itching from the middle and late pregnancy, but there is no abnormality on the skin surface, and the itching generally starts from the palms and soles of feet, and then gradually develops to the proximal extremities. The itching generally lasts for a long time, light in the day, aggravated at night, and disappears after delivery.

Second: jaundice. Within a few days to weeks after the occurrence of pruritus, some patients developed jaundice, and the degree was generally mild, sometimes only mild corneal involvement. The jaundice continued to subside within a few days after delivery, and some of them lasted for more than one month after delivery.

Third: other symptoms: severe skin itching makes pregnant women unable to sleep at night, causing insomnia, drowsiness and fatigue, and some patients will have vomiting, fatigue, poor appetite and other symptoms.

matters needing attention

For female patients, if there is cholestasis during pregnancy, we must pay attention to good care, the cause of female patients with cholestasis is not very clear, it may be caused by a variety of reasons.