Dermatoses of pregnancy may continue to gestate: flare-ups possible.(Clinical Rounds)

Publication: Skin & Allergy News

Publication Date: 01-APR-04

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WASHINGTON -- Women who had either pemphigoid gestationis or cholestasis of pregnancy should be counseled that later oral contraceptive use may trigger a flare-up of dermatoses, Dr. Thelda M. Kestenbaum said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Itchy rashes, blisters, and other symptoms associated with these two dermatoses of pregnancy also may recur when menstruation resumes, or in subsequent pregnancies, she added.

Dermatoses of pregnancy "has been a particularly murky and confusing area" for a number of reasons, observed Dr. Kestenbaum of the University of Kansas, Kansas City. "Many diseases that were thought to be exclusive for pregnancy were not particularly," she said, citing atopic eczema/dermatitis as an example. "When it appears in a pregnant woman, it doesn't need to be called a special name," she added.

A second reason is that many names were...

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