Itching during pregnancy is mostly hormonal and it most often settles down immediately after pregnancy or it has very small peak after pregnancy and then it comes down. This type of itching is present as a rash or itching which is quite disturbing and extensive. It usually starts on the abdomen but it can also involve other body parts. The rashes which can happen during pregnancy because of these hormones can some time leads to pigmentation means dark spots and if the itching is too intense they can scratch and lead to very bad marks . During this time we don’t treat people with lot of medications because during pregnancy most of the medicines are not so safe but we do treat them topically. The most important thing when there is infection is to keep the skin soft, apply lot of moisturiser and they are creams which can soothen the skin and bring some relief to the patient. In addition to that whenever the itching is very severe and intense and when it is disturbing too much, in those situations we take a call on reducing the irritation by means of anti-histamines. There are very few medications which can be prescribed in pregnancy and we have to take a call on it. So never ignore the itching which happen during pregnancy and this spontaneously disappears after delivery. If the itching is persisting even after pregnancy it can be because of dryness or other causes which have to be investigated.
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