PRURITUS IN PREGNANCY

Course overview

PRURITUS IS A COMMON SYMPTOM IN PREGNANCY. THE CAUSES OF PRURITUS CAN BE UNRELATED OR SPECIFIC TO PREGNANCY. PRURITUS SPECIFIC TO PREGNANCY MUST BE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED AND INVESTIGATED AS THEY CAN BE SIGNS OF UNDERLYING DISEASES. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS PRURITUS GRAVIDARUM, A SPECIFIC DERMATOSIS OF PREGNANCY, THAT CAN BE RELATED TO UNDERLYING LIVER ABNORMALITIES. THIS ACTIVITY WILL REVIEW THE ETIOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL FEATURES, MANAGEMENT, AND PATIENT EDUCATION PERTINENT TO PRURITUS GRAVIDARUM AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.