Background: Birth is viewed as natural event, trust in God and nature. Baby starts labour, fighting his way out of womb, labour pains are just reaction. Pregnancy is associated with various endocrinal and metabolic changes which cutaneous changes of pregnancy but also influence certain pre-existing skin diseases [37] during pregnancy a part from being implicated as a cause of pregnancy specific...

described in the Japanese population, several PP cases have also been reported in Western countries and, recently, in the Middle East.2,3 Thepathogenesis of PP is not completely clear. In addition to being associated with several factors including exogenous (physical trauma, friction)andhormonal (pregnancy,menstruation),PPhasclassicallybeenreported inassociationwithmetabolic derangements, espec...

Sir, Pregnancy is frequently complicated by skin abnormalities, which is a cause of concern for the obstetrician and dermatologist because some pregnancy dermatoses can cause severe illness and even be life-threatening. Most common dermatoses are eczema, polymorphic eruption of pregnancy, pruritic folliculitis, prurigo and pemphigoid gestationis, but no cases of contact dermatitis were noted in...

Skin diseases are common in hospitalized patients. However, there is a lack of data concerning their frequency. The objective of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of dermatological diagnoses in hospitalized patients after consultation requested by non-dermatologist physicians to the Department of Dermatology, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre period of 10 years. A total of 5685 patien...

Background: Knowledge of the frequency and distribution of dermatoses in the male genital area and the effect of circumcision on these two factors are helpful guides to a correct diagnosis. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of genital dermatoses in circumcised men.Methods: This cross-sectional study was done on all circumcised men complaining about skin lesions in their geni...