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'''Dermatoses of pregnancy''' are the inflammatory [[skin disease]]s that are specific to women while they are pregnant.<ref name="pmid17263216">{{cite journal |vauthors=Tunzi M, Gray GR |title=Common skin conditions during pregnancy |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=75 |issue=2 |pages=211–8 |date=January 2007 |pmid=17263216 |url=http://www.aafp.org/afp/20070115/211.html |access-date=2009-07-09 |archive-date=2008-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828164334/http://www.aafp.org/afp/20070115/211.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> While some use the term 'polymorphic eruption of pregnancy' to cover these,<ref name="Andrews">James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). ''Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology''. (10th ed.). Saunders. Page 470-471. {{ISBN|0-7216-2921-0}}.</ref> this term is a synonym used in the UK for [[Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy]],<ref name="Matz">{{cite journal |vauthors=Matz H, Orion E, Wolf R |title=Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy: polymorphic eruption of pregnancy (PUPPP) |journal=Clin Dermatol |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=105–8 |date=Mar–Apr 2006 |pmid=16487883 |doi=10.1016/j.clindermatol.2005.10.010}}</ref> which is the commonest of these skin conditions.<ref name="pmid17263216"/>

Skin diseases seen during pregnancy include:<ref name="pmid17263216"/><ref name="pmid6833540">{{cite journal |vauthors=Holmes RC, Black MM |title=The specific dermatoses of pregnancy |journal=J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=405–12 |date=March 1983 |pmid=6833540 |doi= 10.1016/S0190-9622(83)70046-0}}</ref><ref name="pmid6728733">{{cite journal |author=Callen JP |title=Pregnancy's effects on the skin. Common and uncommon changes |journal=Postgrad Med |volume=75 |issue=8 |pages=138–45 |date=June 1984 |pmid=6728733 }}</ref><ref name="pmid3276095">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sodhi VK, Sausker WF |title=Dermatoses of pregnancy |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=131–8 |date=January 1988 |pmid=3276095 }}</ref>

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!Frequency<ref name="pmid16488288">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ambros-Rudolph CM, Müllegger RR, Vaughan-Jones SA, Kerl H, Black MM |title=The specific dermatoses of pregnancy revisited and reclassified: results of a retrospective two-center study on 505 pregnant patients |journal=J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=395–404 |date=March 2006 |pmid=16488288 |doi=10.1016/j.jaad.2005.12.012 }}</ref> || Onset in pregnancy<ref name="pmid16488288"/> || Condition
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| 49.7% || Early || [[Eczema]] in pregnancy 
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| 21.6% || Late || [[Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy]]
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| 4.25%<br/>Saudi Arabia<ref name="Yap2008">{{cite journal |author=Yap FBB |title=Impetigo herpetiformis: A case report and review of literature |journal=Egyptian Dermatology Online Journal |issue=4 |volume=1 |date=4 June 2008 |url=http://www.edoj.org.eg/vol004/0401/004/01.htm |access-date=2009-07-09 |issn=1687-3831}}</ref> || Late<ref name="Yap2008"/> || [[Impetigo herpetiformis]]
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|  4.2% || Late || [[Gestational pemphigoid]] also termed pemphigoid gestationis, and previously called herpes gestationis
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|  3%   || Late || [[Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy]] may also be included in this list.<ref name="pmid17263216"/>
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|  0.8% || Early || [[Prurigo gestationis]]
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|  0.2% || Early || [[Pruritic folliculitis of pregnancy]]
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| &nbsp;|| Late  || Spangler's [[Papular dermatitis of pregnancy]]
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| &nbsp;|| &nbsp;|| [[Linear IgM dermatosis of pregnancy]]
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== See also ==
* [[List of cutaneous conditions]]
* [[Breast eczema]]
* [[Complications of pregnancy]]

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{{Pathology of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium}}
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[[Category:Pregnancy-related cutaneous conditions]]