A Screening Study on Dermatoses in Pregnancy

In a 2017 study involving 500 pregnant women, 94.8% experienced physiological skin changes, predominantly pigmentary changes (90.8%). Specific dermatoses of pregnancy were observed in 14% of participants, with pruritus gravidarum being the most common (10.4%). Infections were found in 30.8% of the women, with fungal infections accounting for 23.8%. The study highlighted that skin changes are mostly physiological during pregnancy, but attention is needed for potential dermatological diseases and infections. Specific dermatoses were more frequent in first-time pregnancies and in the third trimester. Conditions like neurofibromatosis and systemic lupus erythematosus were also noted to exacerbate during pregnancy. The study's findings may be overrepresented due to the tertiary health care setting in which it was conducted.