I HAVE THIS AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH IT ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I WAS PUT ON A STRONG CORTIZONE PILL, ZYRTEC PILL AND A REALLY STRONG HYDROCORTIZONE CREAM. MINE WAS WIERD B/C IT STARTED ON MY CHEST AND BREAST AND MOVED DOWN TO MY TUMMY, BUT BEFORE IT COULD GET THERE, THATS WHEN I WENT IN TO THE ER AND MY OBSTETRICIAN (THE ER DON'T KNOW SHIT!) AND THEN THE 3 PRESCRIPTIONS STOPPED IT. NOW, THE SHIT HAS COME BACK ON MY STOMACH ONLY. ALL OVER MY STOMACH AND UNDER WHERE MY BRA STOPS (LIKE AT THE UNDERWIRE PART). IT ITCHES LIKE CRAZY AND IS DRIVING ME CRAZY! LUCKILY, I HAVE MY MONTHLY PRENATAL APPT. TOMORROW AND I GET TO SHOW THEM THAT IT CAME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE! HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER HAD THIS WITH YOUR PREGNANCIES? THIS IS CRAZY B/C I DIDN'T GET THIS WHEN I WAS PREGNANT WITH CHRISTIAN. MY OB SAID EVERY PREGNANCY IS DIFFERENT. I GOT THIS INFO ONLINE THAT IS PASTED BELOW:
PUPP stands for pruritic (itch) urticarial (like ‘hives’) papules (red pimples) and plaques (irritable flakes) of pregnancy. It is an annoying but benign condition. It is the most common skin condition of pregnancy and is characterised by a typical rash, usually appearing in the later part of pregnancy. It occurs in less than one person in a hundred. The rash usually develops on the abdomen near the umbilical area and spreads to the thighs and extremities. Sometimes itching can become very severe. It can spread to the rest of the body, but never involves the face. It is more common in first pregnancies and seldom recurs in subsequent pregnancies. This condition is usually a familial one and can be traced back through the father's side of the family.
Treatment can involve cortisone creams in the worst cases, but occasionally simple moisturising creams work. So can Calamine cream. Long, warm sodium bicarbonate baths can also be relieving. You may need to be treated with oral steroids if the itching becomes intense, but this is not often the case, and is certainly actively avoided. The lesions usually go away after giving birth. Your baby is not affected. ↓
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