Urticaria in late pregnancy

Everyone is familiar with urticaria, which is a skin disease of the immune system. In fact, it is an allergic reaction. Many people develop this disease after touching the source of infection. Many pregnant women do not pay attention to allergies and suffer from urticaria. It is best not to use medication casually at this time. Many ointments can enter the body from the skin surface even if they are not taken orally. This article introduces the solution for pregnant women suffering from urticaria. If you need to know more about this, please take a look.

Urticaria is a type of skin allergy disease that usually occurs in people with a relatively damp and hot constitution. Its clinical symptoms are itching, redness and swelling of the skin. Scratching with hands will cause redness and swelling of the entire skin. Usually, urticaria can be treated with some ointment to relieve the itching of the epidermis, but this is not recommended if the patient is pregnant. So, what should pregnant women do if they have urticaria?

What to do if a pregnant woman has urticaria

If a pregnant woman develops urticaria, she should try not to use treatment measures that may cause discomfort to the baby and may affect or even harm the baby. She can apply calamine or olive oil or cod liver oil to the skin to protect the skin. Do not use ointments containing hormones for the time being. In addition, pregnant women can take some calcium gluconate and vitamin C appropriately. If necessary, they can test for allergens, find the cause of the disease, and find out the cause of the urticaria. If necessary, they can give appropriate intravenous injections of calcium gluconate and vitamin C. Follow-up visits can be made at any time to adjust the treatment plan.

Can urticaria in pregnant women heal itself?

The root cause of urticaria is allergic constitution. Allergies, infections and parasites are the triggers. Generally, if it is not serious, it can heal itself by removing these triggers. However, many times the triggers are unclear and symptomatic treatment is required.

Pregnant women cannot heal themselves if they have urticaria. They can apply some ointments to parts of the body, but it is not recommended. First, it will cause pigment changes, leaving white spots and black spots, and second, it will cause hair to thicken and affect appearance.

In fact, the most fundamental treatment for urticaria is to find the cause of its occurrence and then treat it accordingly. Special attention should be paid to the possibility of recurrence. In addition, pregnant women are not allowed to take medications at will, as it may affect the fetus and cause fetal malformations, so they need to take medications under the guidance of a doctor.