PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON DERMATOSES IN PREGNANCY IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF SOUTHERN ASSAM

Various skin diseases are seen in pregnancy. Some of these diseases occur specifically in pregnancy. Maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality can be decreased by early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of these conditions. A total of 53 pregnant females were found to have dermatological disorders or sexually transmitted diseases during the study period. The commonest pregnancy specific dermatoses in the study was polymorphic eruption of pregnancy (22.64%) followed by prurigo of pregnancy (9.43%), pruritic folliculitis of pregnancy (5.66%), pruritus gravidarum (0.01%), impetigo herpetiformis (0.01%) and pemphigoid gestationis (0.01%). The commonest dermatological disorder was scabies (13.20%) followed by candidiasis (11.32%), dermatophytosis (9.43%), melasma (5.66%) and equal number of cases of urticaria (3.7%) and acne (3.7%). Among sexually transmitted diseases, commonest disease was genital warts (3.7%) followed by single case (0.01%) each of syphilis, molluscum contagiosum and one patient was seropositive for HIV.