Skin in Pregnancy: A Study
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Birth is viewed as natural event, trust in God and nature. Baby starts labour, fighting his way out of womb, labour pains are just reaction. Pregnancy is associated with various endocrinal and metabolic changes which cutaneous changes of pregnancy but also influence certain pre-existing skin diseases [37] during pregnancy a part from being implicated as a cause of pregnancy specific dermatoses. Materials and Methods: The material for the study constituted of 100 patients selected from antenatal out patient clinic and antenatal ward at Government Maternity Hospital, Hyderabad, 2007-2008. Results: They have been tabulated in Tables form in main manuscript. Conclusion: Out of the total number of 100 pregnant women, 84 belonged to low socioeconomic status: 15 to middle socioeconomic and status, one pregnant women to high socioeconomic status. Most of the women were multipara and (76) the remaining were primies (24). Multipara women in our study belonged to more than 30 years of age group, out of which 3 were Hindus and 7 were Muslims. Pigmentation of the skin was the commonest physiological change seen more in multipara women (100%) than in primies (93%).
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Usharani Thirupati
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