PRURITIC URTICARIAL PAPULES AND PLAGUES DURING PREGNANCY (PUPPP)

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2018

Arti Attri, Anu Grover

During pregnancy the common skin conditions can be divided into three main categories: Hormones related skin

conditions, pre–existing skin conditions and pregnancy specic skin conditions. Hormones related skin conditions during

pregnancy includes striae gravidarum (stretch marks), hyper pigmentation and some vascular changes. Pre existing skin conditions which are

common during pregnancy includes psoriasis, fungal infections, cutaneous tumors and atopic dermatitis. Pregnancy specic skin conditions

includes pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plagues during pregnancy (PUPPP), intrahepatic choloestatis of pregnancy, pririytic folliculitis of

pregnancy, prurigo of pregnancy and impetigo herpetiformis. Among all of them the most common is PUPPP.