Vitiligo and pregnancy: How do each affect the other?

Abdel Mohsen Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Hafez and Karim A.M. Ahmed and Pang, Nicholas Tze Ping and Dg Marshita Pg Baharuddin and Win, Win Than and Fairrul Kadir and Mohammad Saffree Jeffree and Firdaus Hayati (2021) Vitiligo and pregnancy: How do each affect the other? Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 70. pp. 1-4. ISSN 2049-0801

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Abstract

Vitiligo is one of the dermatomes affecting the melanocytes resulting in their destruction and subsequent patchy depigmentation of the skin. It is postulated to occur due to an autoimmune problem. Despite being a disease with limited systemic involvement and lack of mortality, it has a severe psychological impact. It may have a powerfully negative effect on a patient’s quality of life. The relationship between vitiligo and pregnancy is not widely acknowledged. It may be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as recurrent miscarriage, prematurity, intrauterine growth retardation and pre-eclampsia. Herein, this review describes the disease’s adverse effects on pregnancy outcomes and the influence of pregnancy itself on the clinical evolution and prognosis of vitiligo.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Adverse Outcomes , Autoimmune , Pregnancy , Vitiligo
Subjects:	R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics > RG1-991 Gynecology and obstetrics > RG500-991 Obstetrics > RG551-591 Pregnancy R Medicine > RL Dermatology > RL1-803 Dermatology
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Depositing User:	SAFRUDIN BIN DARUN -
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2021 16:04
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2021 16:04
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31460

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