Skin disorder in pregnancy
Volume 2 - Issue 4
Myat San Yi1*, Mi Mi Khaing1 and Mon Mon Yee2
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- 1University of Malaysia, Malaysia
- 2Newcastle University, Malaysia
*Corresponding author:
Myat San Yi, University of Malaysia, Sarawak, Malaysia
Received: July 22, 2019; Published: July 30, 2019
DOI: 10.32474/OAJRSD.2019.02.000143
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Abstract
Pregnancy is a turning point in women’s life. There are so many physiological changes preparing the mother to adapt to the
fetus. The change in the woman’s immune system, with a shift from a predominantly T helper 1 lymphocyte profile to a T helper 2
profile, may underlie a woman’s susceptibility to skin disease [1]. There are other factors like endocrine, metabolic, mechanical, and
vascular changes which influence on skin changes [2].
Skin is a barrier and a front-line defense against the invasion of microorganisms. Its integrity provides the physical barrier as it contains the important bioactive molecules such as defensins and Cathelicidins. The presence of the skin microbiota made up of microorganisms such as Staphylococcusepidermidis, Propionibacteria,Corynebacteria and negative Coagulase staphylococci play their role to prevent the invasion from various organisms[3].Still, the skin changes or diseases in pregnancy will challenge the medical professionals in primary care. It may be due to limited teaching in medical school over this specific area. Most practitioners including,we feel unprepared or unconfident once addressed to these cases.This short communication is intended to cover the physiological skin changes in pregnancy and to tackle the case with systematic history taking and competent clinical examination. These factors, together with appropriate laboratory tests, can help the clinician achieve the correct diagnosis, and point towards the identification of the underlying causative agent.
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