Pregnant woman itchy calf

Introduction Pregnant women with leg itch often appear in the second trimester. The main symptom of this disease is itching. It starts from the limbs, especially in the chest, abdomen and lower limbs. Some pregnant women have jaundice, yellow eyes or skin, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, etc., which have a greater impact on the fetus, leading to a significant increase in fetal mortality and must be treated. Severe rash will also appear - red pimples, due to severe itch, often scratched, bleeding bleeding, scarring, called pregnancy pruritus.

Cause

The cause of this is aggravation of liver burden, cholestasis, and decreased rate of bile acid excretion in pregnant women during pregnancy. The cause of this disease is unclear, but it is more prone to autoimmune diseases. There is information that the skin sensitivity of pregnant women with pruritus is often higher than that of pregnant women without pruritus, and it is not uncommon for people with allergic diseases such as urticaria and asthma. The skin scratch test is positive, the eosinophils in the blood are increased, and the pregnancy is increased. Increased chorionic gonadotropin, sensitivity to pregnancy metabolites may be a causative factor; some scholars believe that pruritus is a non-exudative variant of gestational herpes, which needs further confirmation.

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1. Seen by the naked eye: symmetric distribution, mung bean size, rounded top slightly flat, solid papules. There is a wind group between the papules, which scratches the surface and forms bloody scars. After the skin peels off, the skin rash subsides, and the local pigmentation or pigment disappears.

2. Histopathological changes of skin: no specificity, early papules are mild hyperepithelial layer hyperplasia, focal sponge formation in the epidermis, occasional small blisters and keratosis. Mild lymphocytic infiltration around the superficial blood vessels of the dermis, sometimes with a small amount of eosinophils and dermal papillary edema. A papule with epidermal exfoliation is characterized by partial epidermal loss and overlying sputum containing degenerating inflammatory nuclei. If serial sections are taken, cytological changes centered on hair follicles can be seen, which is characterized by the formation of a sponge, infiltration of monocytes at the opening of the hair follicle to the sebaceous gland, and inflammatory cell infiltration around the hair follicle.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of pregnant women's calf itch:

1. The size of the needle on the skin is itchy: the incidence of itching is limited to adults. The course of the disease is chronic. Occurs in the bone bulge or susceptible to friction such as the back of the ear, shoulders, buttocks, groin, extension of each joint, etc., more asymmetrical. One or several needle size itching spots appear on the normal appearance of the skin, and the itching is paroxysmal. The number of attacks in a day varies from a few minutes to 1 hour or more.

2, skin itching: skin itching refers to a skin disease without a primary rash, but itching. It is a neuropsychiatric skin disease and is a cutaneous neurosis disorder. Clinically, only those with itchy skin and no primary skin lesions are called pruritus. It belongs to the category of "itchy wind" of Chinese medicine. Itchy skin is divided into common and allergic types. It can occur all over the body, especially in the face, back and limbs. Ordinary skin itching is generally caused by too dry skin. It can be taken orally with cod liver oil pills, multivitamin tablets, etc. Western medicine must be diagnosed and guided by a professional doctor. Do not blindly use drugs, especially those containing hormones.

3, winter skin itching: winter scrapie is more common in adults over the age of 40, the lower extremity buttocks are particularly serious. These people have weakened sebaceous glands and dry skin. In the winter, bathing takes a long time, using more soap and making the skin drier. As the temperature drops, itching begins.

First in the palms and soles of the feet, and then gradually extended to the calves, thighs, upper limbs, back, chest and abdomen; in addition to scratches with skin lesions, the degree of itching varies from mild accidental itching to severe body Itching.

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