Rash in pregnancy
Certain changes in pregnancy are almost physiological.
- common changes include spider naevi, palmer erythema, a generalized hyperpigmentation with local pigmentation of linea alba, areaolae, and genitalia.
- chloasma sometimes occurs
Skin disorders associated with pregnancy include:
- pruritus gravidarum (most common specific disorder)
- polymorphic eruption of pregnancy
- pemphigoid gestationis
- prurigo gravidarum
If considering an infectious cause for the development of the rash in pregnancy. A flowchart summarising contact with vesicular or non-vesicular rash (1):
Reference:
- UK Health Security Agency (July 2024). Guidance on the investigation, diagnosis and management of viral illness (plus syphilis), or exposure to viral rash illness, in pregnancy
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